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I combined several of the like cites together, although they could be condensed even further if one covers and entire paragraph. The tiny lead needs to be expanded, and we must have other pics around of railroad used by the CS.
Cite #2 needs page numbers, and the last sentence of the History section as well as the first paragraph in the 1862 section both need citing. Interesting read so far. I look foward to the article growing over time - rail was so important in the war and a constant problem for the Confederacy. Kresock ( talk) 21:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Looking for counter-examples to the statement 'As 1862 opened, the Confederacy achieved an amazing first in the history of railroads, by planning, constructing and then operating the first railroad ever designed and used exclusively for military purposes.', under 1862, I found the following: Grand Crimean Central Railway. Is this a good enough counter-example to remove the statement? Willhsmit ( talk) 20:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Should the picture be left in an article on Confederate railroads? It's a Federal artillery battery, not a Confederate artillery battery. Someone reading the article would think that the picture is a Confederate railroad car. But pictures I've seen elsewhere state it is part of the Federal siege effors at Peeter'sburg (the most recent being Robert R. Hodges Jr. Ameircan Civil War Railroad Tactics). Furthermore it's mislabeled as a mortar. That's a 32 pound cannon, not a mortar. -annonymous 1/24/2012 6:21 AM EST. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.71.212.48 ( talk) 11:22, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Why isn't there a subject Union railroads in the American Civil War or even better, Railroads in the American Civil War? I have been doing a lot of research on the railroads in Kentucky (particularly the L&N line), Tennessee (from Nashville to Chattanooga) and Georgia (from Chattanooga to Atlanta). In Tennessee and Georgia, the railroads would have initially been Confederate, but as the war progressed, the Union would have taken them over.
The real question is not why is this a subject. It is a good history subject, but I don't know whether a subject is due or which one should be started. User:gparkes —Preceding undated comment added 21:04, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
It would be worth pointing out that the railroads in the South had traditionally been maintained by Northerners, as the South had so few facilities for training technicians. When the war started, these valuable employees naturally went home, leaving the railroads to look after themselves. Valetude ( talk) 07:03, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
It would be of interest to note some of the early incidents of trains in combat - Joe Johnston sending troops to Bull Run, the Battle of Vienna (Virginia), the capture of the rail-junction at Corinth, and others. Valetude ( talk) 10:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
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I combined several of the like cites together, although they could be condensed even further if one covers and entire paragraph. The tiny lead needs to be expanded, and we must have other pics around of railroad used by the CS.
Cite #2 needs page numbers, and the last sentence of the History section as well as the first paragraph in the 1862 section both need citing. Interesting read so far. I look foward to the article growing over time - rail was so important in the war and a constant problem for the Confederacy. Kresock ( talk) 21:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Looking for counter-examples to the statement 'As 1862 opened, the Confederacy achieved an amazing first in the history of railroads, by planning, constructing and then operating the first railroad ever designed and used exclusively for military purposes.', under 1862, I found the following: Grand Crimean Central Railway. Is this a good enough counter-example to remove the statement? Willhsmit ( talk) 20:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Should the picture be left in an article on Confederate railroads? It's a Federal artillery battery, not a Confederate artillery battery. Someone reading the article would think that the picture is a Confederate railroad car. But pictures I've seen elsewhere state it is part of the Federal siege effors at Peeter'sburg (the most recent being Robert R. Hodges Jr. Ameircan Civil War Railroad Tactics). Furthermore it's mislabeled as a mortar. That's a 32 pound cannon, not a mortar. -annonymous 1/24/2012 6:21 AM EST. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.71.212.48 ( talk) 11:22, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Why isn't there a subject Union railroads in the American Civil War or even better, Railroads in the American Civil War? I have been doing a lot of research on the railroads in Kentucky (particularly the L&N line), Tennessee (from Nashville to Chattanooga) and Georgia (from Chattanooga to Atlanta). In Tennessee and Georgia, the railroads would have initially been Confederate, but as the war progressed, the Union would have taken them over.
The real question is not why is this a subject. It is a good history subject, but I don't know whether a subject is due or which one should be started. User:gparkes —Preceding undated comment added 21:04, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
It would be worth pointing out that the railroads in the South had traditionally been maintained by Northerners, as the South had so few facilities for training technicians. When the war started, these valuable employees naturally went home, leaving the railroads to look after themselves. Valetude ( talk) 07:03, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
It would be of interest to note some of the early incidents of trains in combat - Joe Johnston sending troops to Bull Run, the Battle of Vienna (Virginia), the capture of the rail-junction at Corinth, and others. Valetude ( talk) 10:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)