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Title: Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of the Railroads in the Civil War by George Edgar Turner, Gary W. Gallagher ISBN: 0-8032-9423-9 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: September, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: The Iron Horse Calvary
Comment: The history of the Civil War is intimately tied with the spread, refinement and development of new technologies. From iron-clad ships to rifled artillery to aerial observation, the military effort expended by North and South changed the face of the industry in the United States. Victory Rode the Rails looks at one aspect of this change -- the railroads and how they helped the North win the war.

From the early skirmishes in Baltimore to the final rail movements surrounding the surrender at Appomattox, Turner does a magnificent job of making the railroads of the 1860s come to life. By keeping his focus on the railroads and their role in the various campaigns, Turner highlights a side of the war that is commonly glossed over in histories that focus on battle tactics.

Starting with the differing North/South attitudes towards railroads prior to the war, which left the CSA with a rail network that was ill prepared for the rapid dispersal of troops and supplies that the war required, Turner celebrates the business plans, engineering feats and supply marvels that allowed the Northern commanders to continue their advances even as Southern troops worked to destroy the rails, and vice versa.

Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for American Civil War historians and rail buffs
Comment: As the title describes this book provides an extremely well written analysis of the decisive significance the railroad had on both the start and outcome of the American Civil War. While the content is authoritative it reads like a novel and I had difficulty putting it down.

I found the early chapters that discuss how the socio-economic environment, created in large part by the railroad, helped foster the events leading to the outbreak of hostilities particularly insightful. The chapters describing the events that took place around Washington and Baltimore in the early years of the war are incredible. Turner's tight prose describing the political shenanigans and war profiting in the Lincoln cabinet shows that little has changed in Washington in the 125 years

I only wish that the book contained better maps of the regions covered.

This book is a must read for American Civil War historians and rail buffs

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