CivilwarKE


 * Topic:** Civil War Railroads: North, South


 * Focus:** How they were used during the war


 * Reason for choice:** The railroads were good for moving people and supplies. They almost poined to which side would win

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 * What's your point? (**[|**thesis**]**):** Railroads played a major part in the Civil War.

What are four various secondary sources you have found before your research?

What are two primary sources you have found to help your research?


 * What four reasons do you have that will back up your point?**

1 They can be used to move troops and supplies

2 Used as wepons

3 Reveal Enemies and scout

4 Ways to stop trains

Much quicker than horse or boat-in the battle of Chattanooga, 25,000 men and 10 cannons were sent to the battle in 11 days by rail They became main targes for armies to destroy Railroads could move artillery instead of using horses Could be used to fire from afar, and when the enemy got close, they moved and repated the prosses single "steam cars" were like an engine, but they were smaller and they deliver supplies to armies
 * What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?** They can be used to move troops and supplies

What can you conclude from these facts? The North and the South both used railroads as transportation to move troops and cannons. This was much more efficent than using horses

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They often sent buring locomotives and/or buning railroad cars Used to ram troops burning cars destroyed buildings and bridges Cannons were fired while on the move on flatcars Shields made of wood and iron were places on flatcars to protect from enemy counter fire "armed trains" had the locomotive in the middle, and flatcars and boxcars that had cannons and/or infentry, they attacked from the tracks railroad cars were soon iron claded to protect infentry and cannons, they had slits to let infenty and cannons fire, this was the beginning of infentry firing vehicles
 * What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it?** Used as wepons

What can you conclude from these facts? The protected boxcars and flatcars, which made armored trains, were hard to stop. This were the beginnings of tanks and other armored vehicles.

Sources [|http://www.historynet.com/railroads-critical-role-in-the-civil-war.htm] 28, 1861; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant (1764 - 1922)Jun 28, 1861; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant (1764 - 1922)Jun Hartford Daily Courant (1840-1887);

Locomatives were used as scouts, they could run back to friendly territoy if they were spoted at 60 mph Used to bring confendental advise to headquarters Move back and forth on one peice of tracks to make the enemy think they are getting reinforcements, but they were leaving Send empty trains to get enemies to fire, then their position was revealed
 * What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it?** Reveal Enemies and scout

What can you conclude from these facts? Scouting became essestal for amies to see what the other person was doing. With lone locomotives, they could come back to tell what they learned; alive.

Sources [] //Hartford// //Daily Courant (1840-1887);// Jun 28, 1861; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant (1764 - 1922) pg. 2

When tracks got destroyed by the enemy, the army sent repair crews to repair the tracks, infentry and clavery protected them some rail lines had to be repaired and rebuilt multiple times The "mine" was widly used to derail trains and shatter railroad cars-armies then sent empty flat cars to detonate mines on tracks
 * What is your fourth reason and three to five facts to support it?** Ways to stop trains

What can you conclude from these facts? Railroads bacame targets by armies. The use of the mine often derailed trains and stopped assults.

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Railroads became used for the military during and after the Civil War. They may not have benn used as wepons, but during WWI and WWII, trains moved troops quickly and effecently. Railroads are still used today to move troops for armies.
 * Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?**

Ideas on how you are going to present? Involve the class? Be exciting? Interesting? Wow? Huh? Ahhh? Draw picturs and bring up picturs via power point same order as essay Call on people in beginning to get attention using 1 exaterated picture