Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War.

TURNER, George Edgar.

$60.00

Item Number: 133073

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1953.

First edition of Turner’s work on the role of the American railroad system in the military campaigns of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps by George Richard Turner. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership inscription.

Early in the Civil War both the North and South were confronted with an entirely new problem in logistics. It began to appear that important railroad junction points were to become major military objectives. Victory Rode the Rails portrays the decisive military advantage enjoyed by the side that controlled the railroads. It "remains the best introduction to the subject of railroads and military operations during the Civil War" (Gary Gallagher).