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The Civil War Homefront: RailroadsMaryland State Archives
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The Civil War Homefront: RailroadsMaryland State Archives
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During the Civil War, both the North and the South utilized a new technology in the waging of war; the railroads. Trains allowed the military to quickly transport troops and supplies over long distances like never before. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, whose right-of-way ran along the border between the warring nations, was constantly the subject of attacks by the rebels. It was this same location that made the railroad a valuable asset to the North.
Materials compiled in this document can be used by educators to fulfill the following National History Standards for Grades 5-12:
Era 5: CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
STANDARD 2: The course and character of the Civil War and its effects on the American people.
Standard 2A: The student understands how the resources of the Union and Confederacy affected the course of the war.
7-12: Compare the human resources of the Union and the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War and assess the tactical advantages of each side.
5-12: Identify the innovations in military technology and explain their impact on humans, property, and the final outcome of the war.
TITLE: Battery to Protect Workman
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED:
SOURCE: The Soldier In Our Civil War
REPOSITORY: B&O Railroad Museum ArchivesTITLE: The Tray Run Viaduct
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1861
NOTES: "Transportation of Irvine's Sixteenth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Militia over the Tray Run Viaduct on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, en route to Rowelsburg, VA. - From a sketch by our special artist accompanying Major General McClellan's Command."
SOURCE: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
REPOSITORY: B&O Road Museum ArchivesTITLE: Repairing the Millerville Bridge
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED:
SOURCE: The Soldier in Our Civil War
REPOSITORY: B&O Road Museum ArchivesTITLE: The War in Maryland
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: October 4, 1862
SOURCE: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
REPOSITORY: B&O Road Museum ArchivesTITLE: The Army of the Potomac
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: December 12, 1863
SOURCE: Harper's Weekly
REPOSITORY: B&O Road Museum ArchivesTITLE: The Baltimore and Ohio Railway
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: November 16, 1861
SOURCE: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
REPOSITORY: B&O Road Museum ArchivesTITLE: Military Transport Ticket
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: September 17, 1863
NOTES: This ticket was used by as a receipt by Union Troops for movement on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. On September 17, 1863, eighty four officers and men were transported by the railroad from Baltimore to Washington
SOURCE: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
REPOSITORY: B&O Road Museum Archives
Introduction to Civil War materials at the National Archives.
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Resources on Incorporating Primary Sources and Historic Sites in Classroom Instruction
Trains, Telegraphs, and Steamships: War's New Weapons
I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad
(from "Civil War Railroad Bibliography")
Abdill, George B. Civil War Railroads: A Pictorial Story of the War Between the States, 1861-1865. Seattle: Superior Publishing, 1961. Reprinted by Indiana University Press, 1999.
Black, Robert C., III. The Railroads of the Confederacy. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1952. Reprinted 1998.
Johnson, Edward A. "Railroads." In The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture, Editor-in-Chief Carroll Van West, 769-773. Nashville: Rutledge Press, 1998.
O'Neal, Michael Ray. Historic Railroad Architecture in Middle Tennessee. M.A. Thesis, MTSU History Department, 1983.
Pickenpaugh, Roger. Rescue by Rail: Troop Transfer and the Civil War in the West, 1863. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
Stover, John F. Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850s. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978.
Sulzer, Elmer G. Ghost Railroads of Tennessee. Indianapolis: Vane A. Jones, 1975. Reprinted by Indiana University Press, 1998.
Turner, George Edgar. Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. Reprinted 1992.
U.S. War Department. The War of the the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880-1901. 128 volumes.
Weber, Thomas. The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1952. Reprinted 1999.
B&O Railroad Museum
901 W. Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21223
410-752-2490Baltimore Civil War Museum -
President Street Station
601 President Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-385-5188
Teaching American History in Maryland is a collaborative partnership of the Maryland State Archives and the Center for History Education (CHE), University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and the following sponsoring school systems: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore County Public Schools, and Howard County Public Schools.
Other program partners include the Martha Ross Center for Oral History, Maryland Historical Society, State Library Resource Center/Enoch Pratt Free Library, with assistance from the National Archives and Records Administration and the Library of Congress. The program is funded through grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
This document packet was researched and developed by Richard Olson.
An Archives of Maryland Online Publication
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August 16, 2006
