Baltimore and Ohio in the Civil War [Unqualified]

By Festus P. Summers

This book portrays realistically the unusual role of a great railroad in wartime. It is a story with some analysis of the forces which made that road important during four uncertain years of the nation's history. The Baltimore and Ohio was the first trunk line to play a leading part in the drama of war, and no other railway rendered more important service to the United States at the time. The main stem afforded the shortest route between the Potomac and the Ohio; throughout the conflict, its Washington Branch stood out conspicuously as the only railroad which joined the District of Columbia and the loyal states. Over its tracks moved much of the freight that sustained the National Capital and the tented cities on its outskirts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Unqualified
• ISBN: 1879664143
• ISBN13: 9781879664142
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Stan Clark Military Books
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.1"