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| Jackson Commandeers the Railroad |
Jackson Commandeers the Railroad
| General Stonewall Jackson, with the help of Capt. Thomas A. Sharp and Hugh Longust, both experienced railroad men, led the successful operation.
A newspaper report from Strasburg on September 7, 1861, stated: “Fourteen locomotives, a large number of railroad cars, nine miles of track, telegraph wires and about $40,000.00 worth of machinists’ tools and materials, all belonging to the B & O Railroad, have been successfully hauled overland by the Confederates.” |
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