Sloan
Private
- Joined
- May 20, 2013
- Location
- Pilot Mountain, North Carolina
They Moved 18 Locomotives 38 Miles With No Rail! – (1861-2) by Jim Surkamp
- See more at: http://civilwarscholars.com/2012/06...861-early-1862/#sthash.77zlZUMF.gzDcfnYL.dpuf
I followed this link from another forum. I had never heard about this action in the aftermath of Harper's Ferry...Ingenious and stubborn those gallant Rebs. What a feat of sheer determination to get locomotives and railroad equipment. I thought we had it bad when we would "liberate" a generator form a neighboring unit when we couldn't get parts to fix ours!
- See more at: http://civilwarscholars.com/2012/06...861-early-1862/#sthash.77zlZUMF.gzDcfnYL.dpuf
I followed this link from another forum. I had never heard about this action in the aftermath of Harper's Ferry...Ingenious and stubborn those gallant Rebs. What a feat of sheer determination to get locomotives and railroad equipment. I thought we had it bad when we would "liberate" a generator form a neighboring unit when we couldn't get parts to fix ours!