. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . )plied and the intense feeling of apprehension allayed. In the latter part of 1862, W. W. Wright, an assistantin the work of the corps, was placed in charge of the Cumber-land ^^alley Railroad, which was wholly imder military super-\isi<Mi. Later in the war, Wright was in charge of Shermansrailroads during the great Atlanta cam])aign in 1864. Forhis guidance with the Cumberland road the instructions were:First, not to allow supplies to be forwarded to the advancedterminus until they were actually required; second, only suchquant
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . )plied and the intense feeling of apprehension allayed. In the latter part of 1862, W. W. Wright, an assistantin the work of the corps, was placed in charge of the Cumber-land ^^alley Railroad, which was wholly imder military super-\isi<Mi. Later in the war, Wright was in charge of Shermansrailroads during the great Atlanta cam])aign in 1864. Forhis guidance with the Cumberland road the instructions were:First, not to allow supplies to be forwarded to the advancedterminus until they were actually required; second, only suchquantities were to be forwarded as could be promptly removed;third, cars must be promptly unloaded and returned; fourth,to permit no delay of trains beyond the time of starting, butto furnish extras when necessary. AAHien Burnsides corps evacuated Fredericksburg uponthe withdrawal of the Federal forces from the Rappahannockline before the second Bull Run campaign, all the recon-structed work at Aquia Creek and some of the l)ridges on the [290] i c. ( i. THE CONSTRUCTION CORPS TIRXS TO WHARF-BUILDING The construction corps of the United States MiUtary Railroads was as \-ersatiIe in its attainments as the British marines accordingto Kipling—Soldier and Sailor, too. This busy scene shows construction men at work on the wharves which formed the City Pointterminal to Grants military railroad, connecting it with the army in front of Petersburg. This hastily constructed road was aboutthirteen miles long, measured in a straight line and not counting the undulations, which, if added together, would have made itseveral miles in height.
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