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General McCallum described the manpower applied to the operation and construction of the military railroads in the department of the Mississippi in these terms:
https://books.google.com/books?id=44aTwd5T-qwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=McCallum+United+States+Military+Railroads&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp1P7Dg53vAhWHW80KHbc0CoQQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=McCallum United States Military Railroads&f=false p.16
That's five thousand men rebuilding the railroads and adding new connections, relieving Dodge's men of that chore, and twelve thousand men to operate the railroads including routine maintenance.
At page 19 McCallum stated the following:
Although some railroads used by the US Army in the south were cheaply maintained, the main line from Nashville to Chattanooga was improved to be much more than a single track railroad.
p.21
The Confederacy had no chance to meet this manpower advantage of the US, or even to seriously deflect it.
And this was just one part of the reworking of the logistical system from Louisville and Cincinnati all the way to Atlanta.
https://books.google.com/books?id=44aTwd5T-qwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=McCallum+United+States+Military+Railroads&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp1P7Dg53vAhWHW80KHbc0CoQQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=McCallum United States Military Railroads&f=false p.16
That's five thousand men rebuilding the railroads and adding new connections, relieving Dodge's men of that chore, and twelve thousand men to operate the railroads including routine maintenance.
At page 19 McCallum stated the following:
Although some railroads used by the US Army in the south were cheaply maintained, the main line from Nashville to Chattanooga was improved to be much more than a single track railroad.
p.21
The Confederacy had no chance to meet this manpower advantage of the US, or even to seriously deflect it.
And this was just one part of the reworking of the logistical system from Louisville and Cincinnati all the way to Atlanta.
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