Bill Anders has always been fascinated with railroads. The American Civil War, not so much. At least, not initially. A good friend of Anders got him interested in the Civil War through conferences ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — All aboard! Civil War buffs can once again stop by a piece of history. The Gettysburg Lincoln ...
Austin tiptoed through the Civil War. The major battlefields lay hundreds of miles away. Much of the Texas capital's business was put on hold. Union and Confederate sympathizers skirmished in the Hill ...
"Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a ...
" A Cartographica book"--Half-title. Map list -- Introduction -- Opening the trade routes -- First railroads, 1700-1830 -- Origins of the streetcar -- Rail track developments -- Harnessing the power ...