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USMRR STUDENT ACTIVITY (Started 11/28/09 and under construction) Check back
for a special student activity link a little later in December of
2009--still being developed) |
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES: 1. Learn your locomotive (The GENERAL): the locomotive--exterior parts. Brakeman Brad will guide you in this activity to learn about the external parts of the locomotive. Click Here. 2. Learn your locomotive (The GENERAL): the parts and what they do. Brakeman Brad will guide you in this activity to learn about the gauges in the engine car. Click Here. 3. Learn of Civil War "Generals" decisions on logistics and the use of the military railroads. The official U.S. Army Command and General Staff College will be your information guide. Click Here. 4. Serious Reading about the USMRR by Thomas Weber. Click Here. |
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The
United States Military Railroad System
 A trestle built or
-re-strengthened for use by the U.S.M.RR., all under the
leadership of General Haupt
The US Military Rail
Road (USMRR) took responsibility for building and
maintaining the railroads that supplied Federal armies
throughout the South. A factory in Taunton, Massachusetts
manufactured this locomotive (named the "General Haupt"
after the commander of the US Military Rail Road) for the
USMRR.
 The General, famous for the "Great
Locomotive Chase" April, 1862
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| RESOURCES: Click Here for a Google Books online history of the USMRR | Click Here for a Google Books online history of the Confederate States military railroad |
| Click Here for the Library of Congress USMRR History | |
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