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Seldom told is the story of soldiers who fought to protect the vital supply lines that brought ammunition, food, clothing, medicine, equipment and provisions to the front-line troops. The 115th Ohio Regiment was given the onerous task of guarding and protecting some 60 miles of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, the single-track line supplying Union General William T. Sherman's western army of some 100, 000 soldiers. Because of the rear-g...

Seldom told is the story of soldiers who fought to protect the vital supply lines that brought ammunition, food, clothing, medicine, equipment and provisions to the front-line troops. The 115th Ohio Regiment was given the onerous task of guarding and protecting some 60 miles of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, the single-track line supplying Union General William T. Sherman's western army of some 100, 000 soldiers. Because of the rear-g...

Until the fall season of 1859, naturally occurring seeps of crude oil in rural Northwestern Pennsylvania were considered a local oddity. The locals who lived near the seeps would often skim off the oil that collected on the surface of ponds and streams. The skimmed oil was used as a cure-all medicine, as a fuel for torches, or as a crude lubricant for neighborhood sawmill and gristmill machinery. Crude oil in Pennsylvania was seemingly destine...

Until the fall season of 1859, naturally occurring seeps of crude oil in rural Northwestern Pennsylvania were considered a local oddity. The locals who lived near the seeps would often skim off the oil that collected on the surface of ponds and streams. The skimmed oil was used as a cure-all medicine, as a fuel for torches, or as a crude lubricant for neighborhood sawmill and gristmill machinery. Crude oil in Pennsylvania was seemingly destine...

The history of the 115th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry is the seldom told story of soldiers who fought behind the front lines protecting the only rail supply line of General Sherman's Union army. The regiment's soldiers fought and died protecting the crucial Nashville and Chattanooga Railway from Confederate cavalry, infantry, and guerrillas, all of whom were hell bent on destroying the solitary road. General Sherman confessed that his "perf...

The history of the 115th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry is the seldom told story of soldiers who fought behind the front lines protecting the only rail supply line of General Sherman's Union army. The regiment's soldiers fought and died protecting the crucial Nashville and Chattanooga Railway from Confederate cavalry, infantry, and guerrillas, all of whom were hell bent on destroying the solitary road. General Sherman confessed that his "perf...