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Murder and Mayhem Ride the Rails - Union Soldiers Rampage in Virginia

George E. Deutsch | Published: September 30, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Smoke and fire filled the skies south of Petersburg in December 1864 as the Army of the Potomac's V Corps targeted the Weldon Railroad. Dur­ing a raid along this vital supply line linking southeastern Virginia with North Carolina, liquor-fueled Federals …

When Railroad Guns Ruled

Jack H. McCall, Jr. | Published: September 03, 2008 at 5:51 pm
For 85 years, railroad guns were regarded as the ultimate weapon, large enough to do substantial damage but movable to wherever railroad tracks could go. Unparalleled bunker busters, they also terrorized civilians by firing on cities from afar.

The Angola Train Wreck

Charity Vogel | Published: November 30, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Nearly 50 people died and many more injured in the 1867 train wreck known as the Angola Horror. John D. Rockefeller narrowly missed being one of them.
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