The following bibliographic listing suggests useful resources for those wishing to read about Tennessee's Civil War railroads in more detail.  This bibliography is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather focuses on published works that are likely to be available at many public and academic libraries in Tennessee.  Please note that several repositories of railroad-related archival materials are included on our links page.  Upon request, the Center can provide additional information regarding the more obscure published sources as well as a variety of archival materials; please contact Ed Johnson, Research Coordinator, Center for Historic Preservation, MTSU Box 80, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, phone (615) 898-2658, fax (615) 898-5614, email [email protected].

Abdill, George B.  Civil War Railroads:  A Pictorial Story of the War Between the States, 1861-1865.  Seattle:  Superior Publishing, 1961.  Reprinted by Indiana University Press, 1999.

Black, Robert C., III.  The Railroads of the Confederacy.  Chapel Hill:  University of North Carolina Press, 1952.  Reprinted 1998.

Johnson, Edward A.  "Railroads."  In The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture, Editor-in-Chief Carroll Van West, 769-773.  Nashville:  Rutledge Press, 1998.

O'Neal, Michael Ray.  Historic Railroad Architecture in Middle Tennessee.  M.A. Thesis, MTSU History Department, 1983.

Pickenpaugh, Roger.  Rescue by Rail:  Troop Transfer and the Civil War in the West, 1863.  Lincoln:  University of Nebraska Press, 1998.

Stover, John F.  Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850s.  New York:  Columbia University Press, 1978.

Sulzer, Elmer G.  Ghost Railroads of Tennessee.  Indianapolis:  Vane A. Jones, 1975.  Reprinted by Indiana University Press, 1998.

Turner, George Edgar.  Victory Rode the Rails:  The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War.  Indianapolis:  Bobbs-Merrill, 1953.  Reprinted 1992.

U.S. War Department.  The War of the the Rebellion:  A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.  Washington:  U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.  128 volumes.

Weber, Thomas.  The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865.  Bloomington:  Indiana University Press, 1952.  Reprinted 1999.

Brandt, Robert.  "Memphis and Charleston Railroad."  In The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture, Editor-in-Chief Carroll Van West, 766-767.  Nashville:  Rutledge Press, 1998.

Burt, Jesse C., Jr.  "The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad 1854-1872:  The Era of Transition."  East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 23 (1951): 58-76.

Clark, Thomas D.  "The Building of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad."  East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 8 (1936): 9-25.

Cotterill, R. S.  "The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 1861-1865." American Historical Review 29 (1924): 700-715.

Folmsbee, Stanley J.  "The Origins of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad."  East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 6 (1933): 81-95.

Gamble, Bonnie.  The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, 1845-1880:  Preservation of a Railroad Landscape.  M.A. Thesis, MTSU History Department, 1993.

Harncourt, Paul.  The Planter's Railway:  Excitement and Civil War Years.  Arab, Alabama:  Heritage Publishing, 1995.  (Memphis and Charleston)

Herr, Kincaid A.  Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963.  Louisville:  L & N Magazine, 1964 (5th edition).

Holland, James W.  "The Building of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad."  East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 4 (1932): 83-101.

Holland, James W.  "The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, 1836-1860."  East Tennessee Historical Society Publications 3 (1931): 89-107.

Klein, Maury. History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.  New York: Macmillan, 1972.

Mehrling, John C.  "The Memphis and Charleston Railroad."  West Tennessee Historical Society Papers 19 (1965): 21-35.

Mehrling, John C.  "The Memphis and Ohio Railroad."  West Tennessee Historical Society Papers 22 (1968): 52-61.

Tilford, John E.  "The Delicate Track:  The L&N's Role in the Civil War.  Filson Club Historical Quarterly 36 (July 1962) 209-21.

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