hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
Washington (United States) 172 0 Browse Search
Grant 96 20 Browse Search
United States (United States) 92 0 Browse Search
Stephen D. Lee 85 1 Browse Search
George B. McClellan 78 0 Browse Search
Yorktown (Virginia, United States) 72 0 Browse Search
Sherman 66 6 Browse Search
John Pope 63 1 Browse Search
Herman Haupt 58 2 Browse Search
Richmond (Virginia, United States) 53 3 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller). Search the whole document.

Found 515 total hits in 116 results.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...
Accakeek Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
eat. It remained for the army engineers to reconstruct them. It was a work requiring patience and unceasing activity, for speed was of prime importance. These structures, capable of supporting the passage of heavy railroad trains, and built in a few hours, were conspicuous triumphs which the American engineers added to the annals of war. abutments blown up. The road-bed had been used by wagons and cavalry and was badly cut up. The first bridge to be constructed on the line was at Accakeek Creek. This was built complete, with a span of about one hundred and fifty feet and an elevation of thirty feet, in a little more than fifteen hours on May 3 and 4, 1862. The next and most serious obstruction was the deep crossing of Potomac Creek. Here was built what is known as a deck bridge, of crib and trestle-work, four hundred feet long and eighty feet high. As before, totally inexpert labor was employed, and only a very few officers who had any knowledge of that kind of work were av
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
nd cornstalk bridge by the Union troops when Burnside evacuated Fredericksburg, came a third of more solid construction, shown in the upper phtion was the reconstruction of the railroad from Aquia Creek to Fredericksburg. This became, on reopening, the first strictly military road i corn-stalks. The railroad bridge across the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg was constructed next in about the same time as that across Potoide was relieved and while the Army of the Potomac was lying at Fredericksburg under Hooker, the construction corps experimented busily with prnish extras when necessary. When Burnside's corps evacuated Fredericksburg upon the withdrawal of the Federal forces from the Rappahannockfor the campaign which ended so disastrously to the Federals at Fredericksburg. W. W. Wright was instructed, on December 11, 1862, to prepammand. After he was removed, and while the army was lying near Fredericksburg under Hooker, the construction corps was experimenting with tru
Rectortown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
trusses Loading a bridge to test it Testing a shad-belly bridge Trial of a shad-belly bridge: bridges while you wait, by the construction corps enable McDowell's forces to reach the Valley, at Front Royal, in time, if possible, to get in rear of the Confederates. McDowell was then in command of the Department of the Rappahannock, and Haupt was his chief of construction and transportation. The road to be repaired was the Manassas Gap Railroad. It was promptly put in order from Rectortown to Piedmont, but the equipment was insufficient to enable it to sustain the amount of work suddenly thrown upon it. Besides, the operation of military railroads was not understood, and the difficulties were constantly increased by military interference with the running of trains and by the neglect and, at times, absolute refusal of subordinates in the supply departments to unload and return cars. The telegraph was, at this period, so uncertain an instrument that it was considered impracti
Aquia Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
attle of Bull Run, when he was commissioned a brigadier-general. The first important work under Haupt's direction was the reconstruction of the railroad from Aquia Creek to Fredericksburg. This became, on reopening, the first strictly military road in the United States during the war. At Aquia Creek, the large wharf had been coAquia Creek, the large wharf had been completely destroyed and the railroad track torn up for a distance of about three miles, the rails having been carried away and the ties burned. All the bridges in the vicinity had been destroyed by burning and their A problem solved by the engineers It was a long step from Caesar's wooden bridges to the difficulties which conevacuated Fredericksburg upon the withdrawal of the Federal forces from the Rappahannock line before the second Bull Run campaign, all the reconstructed work at Aquia Creek and some of the bridges on the City Point. The construction corps of the United States Military Railroads was as versatile in its attainments as the Bri
Cumberland River (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
e termini of railroad lines that were pushed into the Wilderness as far as possible, and from ever-shifting bases on the rivers, where the lack of dockage facilities made the work of handling freight very arduous. He particularly complimented the officers in charge of the trains on the fact that very little special protection had to be given them. General Sherman, in his memoirs, notes that his base of supplies during the campaign of 1864 was Nashville, supplied by railroads and the Cumberland River, thence by rail to Chattanooga, a secondary base, and by a single-track railroad to his army. The stores came forward daily, but an endeavor was made to have a constant twenty days supply on hand. These stores were habitually in the wagon trains, distributed to the corps, divisions, and regiments, and under the orders of the generals commanding brigades and divisions. Sherman calculated that, for this supply, he needed three hundred wagons for the provision train of a corps and three
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 14
tain A. J. Russell, chief of photographic corps, United States Military Railroads, for the Federal Government. rm, there were but few military railroads in the United States during the Civil War, and these few existed onlyt in July, 1864 The construction corps of the United States Military Railroads had a comparatively easy timeperintendence over all the military roads of the United States. In April, 1862, the great war secretary, Edwopening, the first strictly military road in the United States during the war. At Aquia Creek, the large wharf bridges to the difficulties which confronted the United States Construction Corps in the Civil War. Here is an City Point. The construction corps of the United States Military Railroads was as versatile in its attai not only the daring Confederates with which the United States military construction corps had to contend, but general manager of the military railroads of the United States. These roads required about three hundred and s
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
hods to replace the older ones. All of this was preparatory to the advance on Atlanta, in 1864. A mill wrecked to build a bridge: Cumberland ravine trestle Thhe structure as the soldiers lounge about it. While Sherman's army advanced on Atlanta, again and again a long high bridge would be destroyed, and miles of track totidge 473 miles of road from Louisville, through Nashville and Chattanooga, to Atlanta, 288 miles of which were constantly subject to raids from the foe — the portion from Nashville to Atlanta; that this single-stem road supplied one hundred thousand men and thirty-five thousand animals for one hundred and ninety-six days; and tld have been an impossibility without the railroads. When Sherman evacuated Atlanta, preparatory to his march to the sea, he destroyed the railroad in his rear, bion corps again took the field, reconstructed the road to Chattanooga, then to Atlanta, and later extended it to Decatur, Macon, and Augusta. At one time, just pr
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
rs were gladdened many times by the musical screech of a locomotive, announcing that the railroad was at last up to the front, and that in a short time they would have full rations and mail from home. The armies that operated in Virginia and in Georgia greeted, very often, the whistle of the engine with shouts of joy. They knew the construction corps was doing its duty, and here was the evidence. In the strict sense of the term, there were but few military railroads in the United States during the Civil War, and these few existed only in portions of the theater of war in Virginia, in Tennessee, and in Georgia. Roads owned by private corporations were seized, from time to time, and operated by the Governments of both sides as military necessities dictated, but, technically, these were not military roads, although for the intents and purposes to which they were all devoted, there should be no distinction drawn. The operation of a railroad under Government military supervision, wh
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
it was done is evidenced by these two photographs. In the lower one the broad wagon-way below the railroad trestles can be examined. The structure that stayed-three times had the Confederates destroyed the bridge at this point-bridgeport, Alabama The structure that stayed-three times had the Confederates destroyed the bridge at this point-bridgeport, Alabama previously felt elsewhere. On June 28, 1863, Hooker was relieved by General Meade. The crucial period of the war came at GettyAlabama previously felt elsewhere. On June 28, 1863, Hooker was relieved by General Meade. The crucial period of the war came at Gettysburg. The construction corps, under the personal direction of General Haupt, rendered invaluable service. Haupt had made Gettysburg his home for part of the time he was a resident of the State of Pennsylvania, and knew every road in the vicinity. He gave great assistance in divining Lee's direction of march, and by the great exertions of the corps the railroad communications were kept open, the wounded handled with celerity, and after the battle there was a sufficient supply on hand of near
Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
yed the railroad in his rear, blew up the railroad buildings in the city, sent back his surplus stores and all the railroad machinery that had been accumulated by his army, and, as far as possible, left the country barren to the Confederates. The stores and railroad stock were safely withdrawn to Nashville, and after the dispersion of Hood's army the construction corps again took the field, reconstructed the road to Chattanooga, then to Atlanta, and later extended it to Decatur, Macon, and Augusta. At one time, just prior to the close of the war, there were 1,769 miles of military railroads under the direction of General McCallum, general manager of the military railroads of the United States. These roads required about three hundred and sixty-five engines and forty-two hundred cars. In April, 1865, over twenty-three thousand five hundred men were employed. The results of the work of the corps were recognized throughout the world as remarkable triumphs of military and engineeri
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...