Targeted Tracks: The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (Scott L.Mingus Sr., Cooper H. Wingert - LH) Size:Paperback like BOOK TALKS

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Janney explores the subtle yet important differences between reunion and reconciliation and argues that the Unionist and Emancipationist memories of the war never completely gave way to the story Confederates told

Ted Widmer has done just that

Powell and Wittenberg mined hundreds of archival and firsthand accounts to craft a splendid study of this overlooked campaign that set the stage for the Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga

Targeted Tracks: The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (Scott L.Mingus Sr., Cooper H. Wingert - LH) Size:Paperback like BOOK TALKSby Scott Mingus, Sr. & Cooper Wingert The Civil War was the first conflict in which railroads played a major role. Although much has been written about their role in general, little has been written about specific lines. The Cumberland Valley Railroad, for example, played an important strategic role by connecting Hagerstown, Maryland to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its location enhanced its importance during some of the Civil Wars most critical