The U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government...
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transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads that also...
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Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement...
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before: first as the United States Military Railroad during the American Civil War, and later as the United States Railroad Administration during World...
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French and Indian War, a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British military engineers up the steep riverside terrain...
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Union Army (redirect from United States Army during the American Civil War)
management of all military railroad transportation (United States Military Railroad); the construction, maintenance and management of military telegraph lines...
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This timeline of United States government military operations, based in part on reports by the Congressional Research Service, shows the years and places...
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The military history of the United States spans over two centuries, the entire history of the United States. During those centuries, the United States evolved...
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Economic history of the American Civil War (redirect from Economic impact of the United States Civil War)
knit together by a modern railroad system, to be mobilized by the United States Military Railroad. The Southern United States had resisted policies such...
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as B&O...
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