American Civil War

[Philip Martin]

In the US Civil War the North devastated the South. Richmond, Virginia, was the capitol of the South. Here's a photo of a Richmond & Petersburg engine. Note the vertical boiler. My guess is this engine was museum piece, even at that time.

[Philip Martin]

The American Civil war lasted from 1861 to 1865. The North had the industrial might; the South was predominantly agrarian; and fought to secede from the union.
The photo: Manassas Junction, Virginia, damaged rolling stock of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, 1862.

[John Ashworth]

Welcome to the forum, Philip. I have chatted to you on the Railroad.Net forum but it's good to see you on the FOTR Forum.

I've split this from the original topic so that people can see from the topic heading what it's about.

[Philip Martin]

John- thank you for your welcome. Here are a few more shots.
1) Atlanta, Georgia, roundhouse ruins.
2) City Point, Va. "Gen. J. C. Robinson" and other locomotives of the U.S. Military Railroad.
2) Soldiers on a train.

[Philip Martin]

1) City Point, Virginia. "Gen. J. C. Robinson" and other locomotives of the U.S. Military Railroad.
2) Atlanta roundhouse in ruins.

[Philip Martin]

"General Sherman's mandatory evacuation order led to this photograph of the last train leaving Atlanta. With overloaded cars, it will not have enough room for civilians to bring all of their belongings which can be seen littered beside the tracks beside the wagons they left behind and the 2 chests." This is another view of the Atlanta, Georgia, depot before it was destroyed.

[Philip Martin]

Here's a Youtube video on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms2VPpgjUCg

[Philip Martin]

Here are links to photos of Lincoln's loco and car in 1861, from "Trains" magnificent group of posts about Manhattaan. http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsc ... 08257v.jpg
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3 ... 01832v.jpg

Anyone interested in the "Trains" group of posts- http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/189592/2070806.aspx