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Soldiers, Spies & Steam: A History of the Northern Central Railway in the Civil War

Soldiers, Spies & Steam: A History of the Northern Central Railway in the Civil War

Mingus, Scott

Paperback

Civil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 1523428236
ISBN13: 9781523428236
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jan 15 2016
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The first book to examine the role of the Northern Central Railway during the Civil War, this work discusses the origins of the NCRW, its route structure, destructive Confederate raids at the start of the war, and the troops who rode the rails. President Lincoln used the Northern Central to travel to and from Gettysburg for the dedication of the National Cemetery; his brief remarks are immortalized as the Gettysburg Address. His funeral train would also pass over the same route. Accidents, spies, sabotage, political intrigue, and the expansion of the railroad as a military and economic necessity form the backbone of the book. Of special interest is a detailed examination of a series of controversial photographs taken at Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania, which may or may not show Abraham Lincoln on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address.

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