Ohio in the war; her statement, generals and soldiers (1893) (14762673585)

Identifier: ohioinwarherstat00reidw (find matches)
Title: Ohio in the war; her statement, generals and soldiers
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
Subjects: Ohio. Militia Ohio -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Ohio
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, Eclectic Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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ott to you in favor of giving a monopoly in thistransportation to the Baltimore and Ohio Eoad is unsound in this, that that road makes a ter-mination and connections at Wheeling that disables it from accommodating many Western sol-diers in direct routes of travel to their homes. Their ticket agent will always send over his wholeline, while many a soldier would be facilitated in getting to Pittsburg. Let me illustrate: Ihave known soldiers for Fort Wayne, and parts west of it, sent via Wheeling, Columbus, and Indi-anapolis. Look over the map for the detour. I know of three soldiers going to Winchester, Ran-dolph County, Indiana, sent on tickets to Indianapolis, Indiana, seventy-five miles west of theirdestination, with no further transportation ; for, from that point I passed them home. Soldiersfrom Northern Oliio have been sent to Wheeling, thence back to Wellsville, and thence to Cleve- « Letter to James C. Wetmore, February, 1864. Letter Books Broughs Administration, StateArchives.
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Opening of Broughs Administration. 193 land and Toledo. All these should have had transportation to Pittsburg, whence they hfidstraight roads home. All these things are within my personal knowledge. Granted there waatrouble in getting tlie Northern Central Road into the arrangement. They did come into it forNorthern Pennsylvania soldiers, for Ohio soldiers at Governor Tods request, and would, with afair distribution of business, have done it with you. Mr. Abbotts argument shows that he waaas willing to get rid of them, upon a slight refusal, as he was anxious to give a monopoly to theBaltimore and Ohio Road. I do not attribute to him any bad motive in doing so, but the fact isnone the less fixed. 5. Here, therefore, is the root of the evil. Mr. Abbott did not understand all the ramifi-cations of these routes of communication. He did not foresee that in a great work of this kindhe must have not only immediate but remote lines open to him. He did not comprehend thefact that Pittsburg wa