HE CIVIL WAR was the first conflict in which large numbers of troops were moved by railroad. That meant it was also the first war in which troops had to suffer uncomfortable, even risky, rides in cramped boxcars, or as in this image, crowded onto flatcars. This photograph
ROUGH RIDE
May 16, 2023
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