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Rails to Oblivion: The Decline of Confederate Railroads in the Civil War (PDF). Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 29, 2014. Huff, Leo E. "The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad during the Civil War," Arkansas Historical Quarterly (1964) 23#3 pp. 260–270 in JSTOR
This is a list of Confederate Railroads in operation or used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. See also Confederate railroads in the American Civil War. At the outset of the war, the Confederacy possessed the third largest set of railroads of any nation in the world, with about 9,000 miles of railroad track. [1]
Known as the "first railroad war", the American Civil War devastated the South's railroads and economy. In 1862, the Richmond and York River Railroad — acquired after the war by the R&D — played a crucial role in George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. In 1862, the R&D employed 400 laborers, 50 train hands, 30 carpenters, and 20 blacksmiths.
The Illinois Central Railroad in peace and war, 1858–1868 (1948). Turner, George E. Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of the Railroads in the Civil War (1953), an often-cited survey online; Weber, Thomas. The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1999) online
The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was an historic 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [1] railroad in the Southern United States, much of which is incorporated into the modern Norfolk Southern Railway. It played a strategic role in supplying the Confederacy during the American Civil War .
The railroad and its route through Corinth, Mississippi was a significant factor in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. [12] Construction of the rail line still persisted during the Civil War because the owners of the railroad wanted to serve the Confederate Army.
1848 map showing the planned route of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Share of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, issued 29 November 1886 The start of the Civil War shortly after the completion of the line saw it converted to military use and it quickly became a military target for both sides during the war.
The Southside Railroad from Petersburg west was a vital resource for the Confederacy as a supply line for Richmond and Petersburg during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Beyond the lines of battle until the war's last year, the principal damage it suffered was the financial weakness caused by Confederate compensation policies and currency.