The longest and fastest troop movement of the 19th century happened in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln sent 20,000 Union troops 1,200 miles from Washington D.C. to Georgia in 11 days.
The railroad was a crucial means of moving men, supplies, and artillery during the Civil War so naturally it was also a crucial target of sabotage.
During Union General Sherman’s infamous “March” through Georgia and the Carolinas, his men left thousands of miles of rails in heaps of heated, twisted iron that southerners wearily referred to as “Sherman’s neckties.” (History.com)
The flange is the inner larger rim of the wheel that helps keep the train on the track
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