. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WORK OF TllL L\(.1\{^ \\I) IIIJ. CAVALKV Copyright l„j lUiuu- of h% The great Civil War first introduced the railroad as a strategic factor in military operations. In the upper picture we see theFederal engineers at Vibbard Draw on Long Bridge at Washington busily at work rehabilitating a locomotive for use along the railroadconnections of the capital with its army. Extemporized wooden structures of that time seem paltry in comparison with the greatsteel cranes and derricks which our modern wrecking trains have made familiar. T
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WORK OF TllL L\(.1\{^ \\I) IIIJ. CAVALKV Copyright l„j lUiuu- of h% The great Civil War first introduced the railroad as a strategic factor in military operations. In the upper picture we see theFederal engineers at Vibbard Draw on Long Bridge at Washington busily at work rehabilitating a locomotive for use along the railroadconnections of the capital with its army. Extemporized wooden structures of that time seem paltry in comparison with the greatsteel cranes and derricks which our modern wrecking trains have made familiar. The railroads in control of the North were muchbettor equipped and guarded than those of the South, yet the Ijold Confederate Cavalry, under such leaders as Stuart, were ever readyfor raids to rut communications. How thoroughly they liid their work whenever th<y got the chance, the lower picture AFTER A RAID ON THE ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD
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