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The Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the Civil War : the struggle for control of the nation's longest railway

Title
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the Civil War : the struggle for control of the nation's longest railway / Dan Lee.
ISBN
9781476689722
1476689725
9781476647111
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
Physical Description
viii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"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 fighting in the war. The southern terminus in Mobile, Alabama was the scene of some of the last. U.S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Newton Knight of the "Free State of Jones" and others battled over the M&O, the Federals taking it mile-by-mile. This book chronicles the campaigns and battles for the railroad and the calamity endured by the civilians who lived along it."-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 20, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.
Contents
The Politics of Secession
The Two Gibraltars
Columbus Is Ours
Corinth
Iuka and Second Corinth
Van Dorn in Mississippi, Forrest in Tennessee
Mobile, 1863: A City and Its Lifelines
The Meridian Campaign
Fort Powell, Paducah, and Brice's Crossroads
Tupelo and Memphis
Grierson and Hood on the M&O
Last Stop: The Fall of Mobile.
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