The U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government...

transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads that also...

French and Indian War, a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British military engineers up the steep riverside terrain...

before: first as the United States Military Railroad during the American Civil War, and later as the United States Railroad Administration during World...

Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the industrial revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement...

management of all military railroad transportation (United States Military Railroad); the construction, maintenance and management of military telegraph lines...

Railroad land grants in the United States made in the 1850s to 1870s, were instrumental in the building the nation's railway network in the Central United...

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as B&O...

This timeline of United States government military operations, based in part on reports by the Congressional Research Service, shows the years and places...

knit together by a modern railroad system, to be mobilized by the United States Military Railroad. The Southern United States had resisted policies such...

The military history of the United States spans over two centuries, the entire history of the United States. During those centuries, the United States evolved...

which railroads were both a major tool and a major target of military action. A few railroads were custom built: United States Military Railroad rebuilt...

Pickering Valley". Railway World: In Which is Incorporated the United States Railroad and Mining Register. Quarto Volume 3: 1028. October 27, 1877 – via...

The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York with the mission of educating and commissioning officers...

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transportation. The US Army centralized the management of rail into the United States Military Railroad (USMRR). The Army Quartermaster purchased eight City-class...

Point Railroad played a crucial role for Union General Ulysses S. Grant during the Siege of Petersburg, and was operated by the United States Military Railroad...

Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the 1850s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party...

Military Railroad is an intra-plant United States Army rail transportation system existing entirely within the post boundaries of the United States Army...

Confederate States of America List of railroads of the Confederate States of America Railroad guards in the American Civil War United States Military Railroad George...

(primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899 from the merger of the Boston...

General and Mrs. Herman Haupt. Haupt had been head of the United States Military Railroad during the War. During their first year of ownership, though...

In the United States, time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states, territories and other US possessions, with most of the country...

end of the war in 1865, the line was briefly operated by the United States Military Railroad. Trains departed from Atlanta at 8:50 a.m. and 7 p.m. and arrived...

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau...

former Confederate States of America into the United States. During this period, three amendments were added to the United States Constitution to grant...

American railroad engineer, general manager of the New York and Erie Railroad and Union Brevet Major General of the United States Military Railroads during...

majority of passenger travel in the United States occurs by automobile for shorter distances and airplane or railroad for longer distances. Most cargo in...

(PDF). United States Army in World War II – The European Theater of Operations. Vol. I. Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army....

The United States police-rank model is generally quasi-military in structure. A uniform system of insignia based on that of the US Army and Marine Corps...