PRIMARY SOURCE
Transport ticket for Union soldiers from Baltimore to Ohio on railroad. On September 17,1863. 84 soldiers.
TITLE: Military Transport Ticket
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: September 17, 1863
NOTES: This ticket was used by as a receipt by Union Troops for movement on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. On September 17, 1863, eighty four officers and men were transported by the railroad from Baltimore to Washington
SOURCE: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The image above shows a ticket from a train station. It was used as a receipt by the Union troops. The ticket would take them to Baltimore to Ohio. eighty four officers and men were on the train headed to Washington on September 17th in 1863.
http://teaching.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000000/000072/html/military_transport_ticket.htm
SECONDARY SOURCE
The source talks about how railroads were used in the Confederacy and Union. The Confederacy did not really have a lot of railroad tracks in the South. The North had a lot of railroad systems. The North used the railroads to transport troops to the South. It was also a big contribution in the North winning the Civil War.
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/warfare-and-logistics/logistics/railroads.html