RAILROADS (File #1) Contents Railroads & the Military: Gen/Misc.........p.2 Early Railways & Military, to WWI...........p.4 ......p.10 See also: rr2, rr3 USAMHI Railways RefBranch dv Feb 90; May 91 RAILROADS & THE MILITARY: GEN/MISC A Working Bibliography Carter, Ernest F. Railways in Wartime. London: Muller, 1964. 221 p. TF153C3. Gray, Carl R., Jr. Railroading in Eighteen Countries: The Story of American Railroad Men Serving in the Military Railway Service, 1862 to 1953. NY: Scribner's, 1955. 351 p. UG523G7. Richardson, Helen R., comp. Railroads in Defense and War: A Bibliography. Wash, DC: Assoc of Amer Railroads, 1953. 262 p. UG345Z9B5. Ruffner, Kevin C. "Yankee Boomers in Action." Translog (Mar 1980): pp. 1-5. Per MiscFile. Surveys hist of US Mil Railway Svc, 1860-1980. Shepard, James C. "They, Too, Had Their Pattons: The Army and the Railroad." 2 pts. Transportation Corps (Apr 1990): pp. 28-30. Per. Thomas, T.H. "Armies and the Railway Revolution" War as a Social Institution: The Historian's Perspective. Ed by Jesse D. Clarkson and Thomas C. Cochran. NY: Columbia UP, 1941. pp. 88-94. U102A52. Essay with examples. U.S. Army. QM Corps School. "An Historical Study of Rail Transportation." Schuylkill Arsenal, Phila, 1928. 57 p. UC315U6. _________. Transportation Handbook for O.R.C. Vol I. Ref mat, Ft Eustis, VA, 1949. U4225H3T72. See Chap I, "History of Rail Transportation in the U.S. Army," pp. 65-89. Van Fleet, James A. Rail Transport and the Winning of Wars. Wash, DC: Assoc of Amer Railroads, 1956. 71 p. UC310V2. Surveys role of railroads in US national security. Westwood, J.N. Railways at War. San Diego: Howell-North, 1981. 224 p. UG345W45. See also: - "Railways, WWI" - "Railways, WWII" - "Railways, Since 1945" - Transportation USAMHI Railroads RefBranch dv Feb 1990; May 91 EARLY RAILWAYS & MILITARY - TO WWI A Working Bibliography Gen/Misc...................................p.1 US Civil War...............................p.2 Gen/Misc..............................p.3 Strategy..............................p.3 US Military Railroads......................p.3 Confederate Railroads.................p.5 Photographs...........................p.5 1865-1914..................................p.6 GENERAL/MISCELLANEOUS Bishop, Denis. Railways and War Before 1918. NY: Macmillan, 1972. 154 p. UG345B57. Campbell, Edward G. "Railroads in National Defense, 1829-1848." Miss Valley Hist Rev 27 (1940): pp. 361-78. Per(Journal AmerHist). Gray, Carl R., Jr. Railroading in Eighteen Countries: The Story of American Railroad Men Serving in the Military Railway Service, 1862 to 1953. NY: Scribner's, 1955. 351 p. UG523G72. See Chap 1. O'Connell, Charles F., Jr. "The United States Army and the Origins of Modern Management, 1818-1860." PhD dss, Ohio State Univ, 1982. 332 p. UB145035. Pratt, Edwin A. The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833- 1914. Phila: Lippincott, 1916. 405 p. UC310P911. Showalter, Dennis. "Railroads and Rifles: The Influences of Technological Development on German Military Thought and Practice, 1815-1866." PhD dss, Univ of MN, Bloomington, 1969. Microfilm D-S13. _________. Railroads and Rifles: Soldiers, Technology, and the Unification of Germany. Hamden, CT: Archon, 1975. 267 p. DD103S54. Railways to WWI p.2 US CIVIL WAR - GENERAL/MISCELLANEOUS Alexander, Edwin P. Civil War Railroads & Models. NY: Potter, 1977. TF197A43. Barriger, John W. Railroads in the Civil War. Address, reprinted from Bulletin of the National Railway Historical Society 31 (No 6, 1966). 29 p., foldout map. E491B3. Fish, Carl R. "The Northern Railroads, April, 1861." Amer Hist Review XXII (Jul 1917): pp. 738-743. Per. Fugate, Francis L. "The Lost Art of Destroying Railroads." Nat Def Trans Journal (Sep-Oct 1949): p. 52. Per. Details of methods used to destroy Confed rr on Sherman's march through GA. Kamm, Samuel R. "The Civil War Career to Thomas A. Scott..." PhD dss, UP of PA, 1940. E527K34. Perkins, J.R. Trails, Rails and War: The Life of General G.M. Dodge. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. 371 p. E4671D6P4. See Chaps V-XI on wartime railroads in the west. Pratt, Edwin A. The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833- 1914. Phila: Lippincott, 1916. 405 p. UC310P911. See Chaps II-VIII. Smith, William P. B&O in the Civil War: From the Papers of Wm. Prescott Smith. Ed by William E. Bain. Denver: Sage, 1966. 156 p. E491S6. U.S. Army. QM Corps School. "An Historical Study of Rail Transportation." Schuylkill Arsenal, PA, 1928. 57 p. UC315U6. See pp. 6-16. U.S. War Dept. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Wash, DC: GPO, 1887-1904. 128 vols. E464U6. See gen index vol. Van Fleet, James A. Rail Transport and the Winning of Wars. Wash, DC: Assn of Amer Railroads, 1956. 71 p. UC310V2. See pp. 14-17. Railways to WWI p.3 Weber, Thomas. The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865. NY: King's Crown, 1952. 318 p. E491W4. See also: - "Andrew's Raid, Apr 1862" (CW-Battles) - E173P18no5pam22&23 CW - STRATEGIC ASPECTS Bauer, Daniel. "'In Five Days Thirty Thousand Could be Put with Rosecrans': The Rail Transfer of the 11th and 12th Corps to the Western Theatre of War." Virginia Country's Civil War XII (1988): pp. 66-74 & 78-79. Per. Eklund, Karl F. "In Forty or Eight to Rosecrans: The First Wartime Use of Railroads for Strategic Purposes." Mil Review XXX (Feb 1951): pp. 12-21. Per. Starr, John W., Jr. Lincoln & the Railroads. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1927. 325 p. E457S78. Turner, George E. Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. 419 p. E491T95. CW - US MILITARY RAILROADS Bennett, Gordon C. "Grant's Railroad: Rotue Through Danger." CWTI 22 (Oct 1983): pp. 14-20. Per. Grants Supply line from City Point, Virginia. Brewer, Charles. Personal letter from Chattanooga, 8-15 Nov 1864. CW MiscColl. Arch. Served in Construct Corps, USMRR. Cambell, E.G. "The United States Military Railroads, 1862-1865: War Time Operation and Maintenance." Journal of the Amer Mil Hist Foundation II (Summer 1938): pp. 70-89. Per(MilAff). Conger, Arthur L. Diary. Arch. Chronicle of activities as asst inspector of railroad defenses, Dept of Cumberland. Railways to WWI p.4 Craig, George M. "U.S. Military Railroads in the Civil War." 2 pts. Dispatch 28 (Dec 1978 & Jan 1979): 16 p. MiscFiles: RR. Eicholtz, L.H. Report, Feb-Jun 1865. CW Misc Coll. Arch. Acting Chief Engr, USMRR Div of Mississippi. Gray, Carl R., Jr. Railroading in Eighteen Countries, cited far above, pp. 1-8. Haupt, Herman. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt..... Milwaukee: Wright & Joys, 1901. 331 p. E4702H37. By eastern director of US RRs. Maycock, James J. Diary. Harrisburg CW Round Table Coll. Arch. His service in Construction Corps, USMRR, Tennessee, Dec 1863-Mar 1864. Summers, Festus P. The Baltimore and Ohio in the Civil War. NY: Putnam's, 1939. 304 p. E419S86. Swanter, Eva. "Military Railroads during the Civil War." 3 pts. Mil Engr XXI (Jul-Aug 1929): pp. 310-316; (Sep-Oct 1929): pp. 434-439; and (Nov-Dec 1929): pp. 518-526. Per. U.S. War Dept. Military Railroads, 1861-1865. Compilation of general and special orders, instructions, & other authority docs. ca 250 p. UG345M61. _________. Dept of Rail and River Trans. Report to the War Department by Brev Maj Gen. Lewis B. Parsons, Chief of Rail and River Transportation. St Louis, MO: Knapp, 1865. 64 p. UC31331861-65A34. See same in SecWar Rpt, 1866 (UA24s) and UC273P37. _________. Mil Railroads Dept. Reports of Bvt Gen D.C. McCallu, Director and General Manager of the Military Railroads of the United States. Wash, DC; PGO, 1866. 39 p., foldout map. UC31331861-65A3pt1. See same in SecWar Rpt, 1866 (UA24s) and E491U5825. Ward, James A. That Man Haupt: A Biography of Herman Haupt. Baton Rouge; LSU Press, 1973. 278 p. TA140H38W37. Weidensall, Robert. "The Construction Corps, U.S.M.R.R." CW Misc Coll. Arch. Epic poem. Railways to WWI p.5 CW - CONFEDERATE RAILROADS Black, Robert C., III. The Railroads of the Confederacy. Chapel Hill: UP of NC, 1952. 360 p. E545B55. Bogle, James G. The Locomotive General. Marietta, GA: Cobb County Landmarks Soc, 1980. 46 p. E47355B63. Bradlee, Francis B.C. Blockade Running During the Civil War and the Effect of Land and Water Transportation on the Confederacy. Phila: Porcupine, 1974. 340 p. E600B822. Estaville, Lawrence E., Jr. Confederate Neckties: Louisiana Railroads in the Civil War. Ruston, LA: McGinty, 1989. 123 p. E565E88. Johnston, Angus J., II. Virginia Railroads in the Civil War. Chapel Hill: UP of NC, 1961. 336 p. E491J6. Ramsdell, Charles W. "The Confederate Government and the Railroads." Amer Hist Review XXII (Jul 1917): pp. 794-810. Per. CW - PHOTOGRAPHS Abdill, George B. Civil War Railroads. Seatlle, WA; Superior, 1961. 192 p. E491A16. Photos and text. Military Order of Loyal Legion of US, Massachusetts Commandery. CW Photo Coll. Various locomotive trains & facilities, incl rail artillery. 30+ photos. See card index. Russell, Andrew J. Album (copy). Yards, depots, rolling stock, bridges in Alexandria & Northern Virginia. Views of ruined locomotive, Petersburg, VA, Apr 1865 (#345); union soldier guarding stretch of rr (#360); and various trains, rails & bridges in South (#391-96). R of R Coll (RG490S). See also: - Additional photos (at least a dozen) scattered in various boxes. See main card index "Railroads - Civil War." Railways to WWI p.6 1865-1914, FROM CIVIL WAR TO WWI Great Britian. Railway Manual (War). London: HMSO, 1911. 65 p. UC315G7R34. _________. Army. Royal Engineers Institute. Detailed History of the Railways in the South African War, 1899-1902. 2 vols. Chatham: Royal Engrs Inst, 1904. UC315G71A3. Joesten, Miles. "Military History and Organization of Railways." Trans by George A. Zinn, Dec 1905. Fromm Le Spectateur Militare (Dec 1904-Jun 1905). 173 p. No1066, MIDTransColl. Mance, H.O. Armoured Trains. Chatham: Royal Engrs Inst, 1906. 51 p. UC316M26. Mears, Frederick, Sr & Jr. Papers. 1 box Arch. Chiefly corresp of Jr, whose service in railroads covered 1909-23 and involved Panama RR & Alaska RR. Photograph. Train on Manila-Dagupan RR, Phil Insurrection. 1 ea. Louis Dunston Coll, #112. PhotoArch. Photographs. Railroad related, Tampa, FL, in 1898. 17 ea. WW Dinwiddie Coll, PhotoArch. Reichmann, Carl. The Use of Railroads in War. Ft Leavenworth: US Inf and Cav School, 1895. 33 p. UC310R35. Showalter, Dennis. "Mass Multiplied by Impulsion: The Influence of Railroads on Prussian Planning from the Seven Weeks War." Mil Affairs XXXVIII (Apr 1974): pp. 62-67. Per. U.S. War Dept. Adj Gen's Office. Regulations Governing Military Transportation Over Land-Craft and Bonded Railroads, and the Settlement of Account for Such Service With a Compendium of U.S. Laws Showing the Conditions of the Grants of Subsidies. 3 vols. Wash, DC: GPO, 1892, 1899, and 1907. UC313A2. Wernekke, _________. "Field Railroads for Military Purposes." Trans from German, US Army Service Schools, n.d. 18 p. UG345W4.