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Railroads and Cornelius Vanderbilt in The Civil War

Bibliography Continued

Pictures- http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4c6d4fe17f8b9a9a64280100-1200/cornelius-initial-business-was-shipbuilding-this-earned-him-the-nickname-commodore.jpg

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Railroad Maps- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/New_York_and_Harlem_Railroad_system_map_(1918).svg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Lake_Erie_and_Western_Railroad_system_map_(1918).svg/1120px-Lake_Erie_and_Western_Railroad_system_map_(1918).svg.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Michigan_Central_Railroad_system_map_(1918).svg/1120px-Michigan_Central_Railroad_system_map_(1918).svg.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/West_Shore_Railroad_system_map_(1918).svg/250px-West_Shore_Railroad_system_map_(1918).svg.png

A Visual of Vanderbilt's Empire

As you can see on the drawn out map, only 5 of the 13 railroad systems Vanderbilt controlled spreads out across quite a distance. This truly shows the success Vanderbilt had found in the railroad industry.

Bibliography (Citation Websites Wouldn't Work)

By: Clay Parker

Cornelius Vanderbilt Info- http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=7&sid=6b3c1690-df63-44c2-b6bd-d763801e2d94%40sessionmgr4001&hid=4107&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=f5h&AN=39038210

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Railroad Info- http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&sid=baacf2bb-5e9b-4228-b7b4-6f238067a7f8%40sessionmgr4001&hid=4214&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=f5h&AN=57950632

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Railroads in the Civil War

Vanderbilt played a key role in the use of rails in the Civil War time period. You can see Vanderbilt's "Facebook" which explains his role here- http://www.classtools.net/FB/1564-kTPXZj

Railroads played a huge role in this industrialized war, and can be learned about here- http://civilwarrailroad.weebly.com/ .

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