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Swift (search for this): chapter 14
ture. The standard size parts, ready prepared, were stackedintherailroad yards awaiting calls from the front. Cars were held always ready, and the parts ordered by wire were hurried away to the broken bridge as soon as a competent engineer had inspected the break and decided what was needed. The remainder of the work of the corps after this material reached the spot was a matter of minutes, or at the most of a few hours. The lower photograph shows the Bull Run bridge being repaired. Swift repair work by the military railroad corps: dismantled by a freshet construction corps to the rescue The track over Bull Run clear again — Constuction corps at work Bridges. The parts of this railroad-crossing over Bull Run near Union Mills, were of the standard size found most suitable for emergencies. This was fortunate, because the bridge was destroyed seven times. A work of this character could be put up in a very few hours. Repairing the masonry abutments, of course, cons
Sherman (search for this): chapter 14
tle special protection had to be given them. General Sherman, in his memoirs, notes that his base of supplieof the generals commanding brigades and divisions. Sherman calculated that, for this supply, he needed three hrvision. Later in the war, Wright was in charge of Sherman's railroads during the great Atlanta campaign in 18ies were kept out of Chattanooga. So confident did Sherman become during his great Atlanta campaign of their ahe structure as the soldiers lounge about it. While Sherman's army advanced on Atlanta, again and again a long e greater exhibitions of skill and efficiency. General Sherman had such confidence in the abilities of the cone transportation and remained most of the time with Sherman; General Adna Anderson directed repairs to the roadading that fitted them admirably for the work. General Sherman says the operation of his railroads was brilliaeen an impossibility without the railroads. When Sherman evacuated Atlanta, preparatory to his march to the
Bragg (search for this): chapter 14
ed in a straight line and not counting the undulations, which, if added together, would have made it several miles in height. The construction corps turns to wharf-building Troops at city Point ready to be taken to the front by rail The supply route when the railroads were wrecked When the Army of the Cumberland under Rosecrans retreated from the field of Chickamauga, with 16,000 of its 62,000 effectives killed and wounded, it concentrated at Chattanooga. The Confederates under Bragg held the south bank of the Tennessee, and from the end of the railroad at Bridgeport there was a haul of sixty miles to Chattanooga. Twenty-six miles of railroad, including the long truss bridge across the Tennessee River and the trestle at Whiteside, a quarter of a mile long and one hundred and thirteen feet high, had been destroyed. Rosecrans' only route to supply his army was the river. It was Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier-General) William G. Le Duc who saved from a freshet the f
Stephen D. Lee (search for this): chapter 14
imes 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 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 nearly all kinds of provisions. On September 14, 1863, General Haupt was relieved from further duty in the War Department, and turned over his work to Colonel D. C. McCallum, who was appointed superintendent of military railroads. The efficient operation of the roads with the Army of the P
Grant (search for this): chapter 14
prit de corps, and the high bearing of their distinguished predecessors. General Grant spoke very enthusiastically of the work of the railroads and wagon roads opts that had seen Major-General D. C. McCallum: an officer praised by General Grant On September 14, 1863, General Haupt was relieved from further duty in t the Army of the Potomac continued, and received the enthusiastic praise of General Grant. Engines for the military railroad at City Point had to be transported by construction men at work on the wharves which formed the City Point terminal to Grant's military railroad, connecting it with the army in front of Petersburg. This he Army of the Potomac continued, and received the enthusiastic praise from General Grant which already has been noted. Extensions aggregating nearly twenty-two miles in length were built to the railroad from City Point, in order to supply Grant's forces in the lines before Petersburg. After the repulse of General Rosecrans
Burnside (search for this): chapter 14
the destruction of the beanpole and cornstalk bridge by the Union troops when Burnside evacuated Fredericksburg, came a third of more solid construction, shown in the such repairs as would Construction companies. Early in 1863, after Burnside was relieved and while the Army of the Potomac was lying at Fredericksburg undins beyond the time of starting, but to furnish extras when necessary. When Burnside's corps evacuated Fredericksburg upon the withdrawal of the Federal forces frofurther depredations of similar character. On the replacing of McClellan by Burnside, in 1862, the rebuilding of these structures was carried to completion, and agpare for the construction of a bridge over the Rappahannock for the passage of Burnside's army. The rebuilding of the railroad bridge was again commenced, but the bae of importance occurred in connection with military railroad operations while Burnside was in command. After he was removed, and while the army was lying near Frede
Lincoln (search for this): chapter 14
was running on the Orange and Alexandria railroad near Union mills Brides ovver the Potomac. This famous beanpole and cornstalk bridge, so named by President Lincoln, amazed at its slim structure, was rushed up by totally inexpert labor; yet in spite of this incompetent assistance, an insufficient supply of tools, wet wearty hours. The photograph was taken by Captain A. J. Russell, chief of photographic corps, United States Military Railroads, for the Federal Government. What Lincoln called the Beanpole and cornstalk bridge, built over Potomac creek The Fourth bridge, built over Potomac creek, built in 1864. The Third bridge, built over weeks an engine was passed over, to the intense delight of the soldiers, by whose labor the structure had been erected. It was completed on May 13th. After President Lincoln first saw this bridge he remarked: I have seen the most remarkable structure that human eyes ever rested upon. That man, Haupt, has built a bridge across Po
Jackson (search for this): chapter 14
of ten feet. This structure was built under the immediate supervision of Daniel Stone. The excitement created by General Jackson's invasion of the Shenandoah, in 1862, caused orders to be issued to McDowell to intercept him. The railroads were uge and Alexandria railroad This scrap-heap at Alexandria was composed of the remains of cars and engines destroyed by Jackson at Bristoe and Manassas stations. The Confederate leader marched fifty miles in thirty-six hours through Thoroughfare Gience in this method of operation, a certain measure of success was obtained. McDowell's orders had been to intercept Jackson; he had personally hurried through Manassas Gap with the troops in advance, and was at Front Royal when, on May 31st, anclock an engine passed over and was sent to report to General McDowell. Notwithstanding the quick work done throughout, Jackson escaped up the Valley, and the pursuit was fruitless. Before the freshet of April, 1863 the bridge over Bull Run tha
Daniel Stone (search for this): chapter 14
, about four hundred feet long and nearly a hundred feet high, over which loaded trains are running every hour, and, upon my word, . . . there is nothing in it but bean-poles and corn-stalks. The railroad bridge across the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg was constructed next in about the same time as that across Potomac Creek, and was six hundred feet long and forty-three feet above the water, with a depth of water of ten feet. This structure was built under the immediate supervision of Daniel Stone. The excitement created by General Jackson's invasion of the Shenandoah, in 1862, caused orders to be issued to McDowell to intercept him. The railroads were unserviceable, and it became Haupt's duty to make such repairs as would Construction companies. Early in 1863, after Burnside was relieved and while the Army of the Potomac was lying at Fredericksburg under Hooker, the construction corps experimented busily with portable trusses and torpedoes. Records of the experiments
Hooker (search for this): chapter 14
as relieved and while the Army of the Potomac was lying at Fredericksburg under Hooker, the construction corps experimented busily with portable trusses and torpedoestographs that instructed the Federal armies in bridge-building while you wait. Hooker's first plan of operations, given in confidence to General Haupt, required larg. After he was removed, and while the army was lying near Fredericksburg under Hooker, the construction corps was experimenting with trusses and torpedoes; and the Ustruction of rails was perfected. The battle of Chancellorsville was fought; Hooker was repulsed, and the same annoyances of guerrilla raids were experienced on tht 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 Gettysburel McCallum soon gave an affirmative answer, and the result was the transfer of Hooker, with two corps, about twenty-two thousand men, over twelve hundred miles in el
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