Book ID: CBB678318641

Vital Rails: The Charleston & Savannah Railroad and the Civil War in Coastal South Carolina (2008)

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Stone, H. David, Jr. (Author)


University of South Carolina Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xiii+ 369 pages; illustrations, maps, plans
Language: English

Completed in 1860 and spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the economy of South Carolina's lowcountry by linking key port cities. With the onset of the Civil War, the railroad became an integral part of the Confederacy's military, economic, and communications efforts along the coast and a frequent - though unsuccessful - military objective of Union assaults. In Vital Rails H. David Stone, Jr., provides the first detailed recounting of the C & S line's complex history and of the railroad's valuable role in the Civil War along the coast. (Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Mingus, Scott L., Sr.
Grant, H. Roger
Bright, David L.
Cooper H. Wingert
Pfeiffer, David A.
Michael H. Creswell
Concepts
Railroads
Land transportation
Military technology
Railroads, Military
Aviation, Military
Aeronautics, Military
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
South Carolina (U.S.)
Virginia (U.S.)
Middle Atlantic States
Southern states (U.S.)
Europe
Institutions
West Point Foundry
The Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road
Charleston & Hamburg Railraod
Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company
Northern Central Railway Company
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