The Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the Civil War: The Struggle for Control of the Nation's Longest Railway

by Dan Lee

The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter. Within days, the M&O was swept up in the Civil War as a prime conveyor of troops and supplies, a strategic and tactical asset to both Confederate and Union armies, who fought to control it.

Its northern terminus at Columbus, Kentucky saw some of the earliest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476689725
• ISBN13: 9781476689722
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up