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After the Civil War, Railway Post Office (RPO) service was re-established on this line, and it became known as the Chicago & Kansas City RPO. Hannibal Bridge over Missouri River at Kansas City. In 1867 a consortium of Charles E. Kearney, Robert T. Van Horn, and Kersey Coates persuaded the railroad to build a cutoff at Cameron to Kansas City ...
The company began construction on its main line westward from Kansas City in September 1863. In 1864, the first 40 miles (64 km) of the line to Lawrence was in operation. In the fall of 1866, the line had reached Junction City , which became the end of the first division of the railroad and where a roundhouse was constructed.
The Confederacy's rail network suffered from two key deficiencies. First, the route structure was designed to serve the coastal shipping industry, with most lines connecting ports and river terminals to inland points. This lack of inter-railway connections rendered many railroads useless once the Union blockade was in place.
Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Railway: CB&Q: 1887 1893 Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: MILW: 1874 1928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: MILW MILW 1928 1985 The Milwaukee Road, Inc. Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway: CMNW 1987 1990
Kansas City Belt Railway: Kansas City Belt Railway: 1886 1910 Kansas City Terminal Railway: Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1870 1881 Ottawa and Burlington Railroad: Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway: SLSF: 1885 1928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway: Kansas City Connecting Railroad: KCC 1914 1983 N/A Kansas ...
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the ...
The Milwaukee's route became more competitive in 1903, with the completion of a cutoff line in Iowa that reduced Kansas City travel time by some three hours. In conjunction with this improvement, the railroad inaugurated the Southwest Limited passenger train on the Kansas City route, utilizing new equipment and a faster schedule.
Rosecrans followed and captured that city on September 8, 1863. Maneuvering then continued in the Chickamauga Campaign. Rosecrans was frustrated that the victory at Hoover's Gap and the Tullahoma Campaign were overshadowed by two other Union victories in the summer of 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg and Battle of Gettysburg. [7]