I wanted to share this remarkable image that I came across in my online subscription to the Smithsonian Magazine (which is free, BTW). I thought I'd seen ever Civil War photo image ever done, but this is a new one on me. Manassas Junction, 1862. I imagine these fellows watched the coming and going of trains as no small entertainment, of the time.
My understanding is that railroads were a new form of logistical support in warfare. Fascinating glimpses of an early technology. I am guessing the locomotive seen here was a wood burner? Able to forage off the land for its fuel?
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I am guessing the locomotive seen here was a wood burner? Able to forage off the land for its fuel?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â August 09 2022Â :Â 03:04:38 AM
You wouldn't get very far very fast foraging. Figure about a cord of wood for 20-25 miles. It'd be darned hard to scrounge that along the right of way. I expect that the railroad had wood cutting contracts out with the surrounding populace. Carpe Manana!
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I am thinking I see a diamond stack barely poking above that boxy looking shop-made carriage, thus I am still betting it was a wood burner. That big pile of white rags in the foreground, and they seem to be in a various state of disarray on the flat car, I am guessing tents maybe?
The landscape looks so dreadfully desolate and barren. The 1862 Batttle of Manassas dates to August, so given the relatively warm dress and the leafless trees it is possible this image dates to late autumn?
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