Victory Rode the Rails: Strategic Place of the Railroads in the Civil War - Hardcover

Turner, George Edgar

 
9780837163314: Victory Rode the Rails: Strategic Place of the Railroads in the Civil War
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0837163315 ISBN 13: 9780837163314
Publisher: Greenwood Press, 1953

Synopsis

Early in the Civil War both the North and South were confronted with an entirely new problem in logistics. George Edgar Turner writes: "It began to appear that important railroad junction points were to become major military objec-tives." Victory Rode the Rails portrays the decisive military advantage enjoyed by the side that controlled the railroads. Turner was a retired lawyer and insurance executive when his book was first published in 1953. It "remains the best introduction to the subject of railroads and military operations during the Civil War," says Gary Gallagher in presenting this book to a new audience.

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About the Author

A professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, Gary Gallagher is the editor of Lee the Soldier (1996).

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Publisher
Greenwood Press
Publication date
1953
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0837163315
ISBN 13 
9780837163314
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
419

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