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Minor clean-up

I combined several of the like cites together, although they could be condensed even further if one covers and entire paragraph. The tiny lead needs to be expanded, and we must have other pics around of railroad used by the CS.

Cite #2 needs page numbers, and the last sentence of the History section as well as the first paragraph in the 1862 section both need citing. Interesting read so far. I look foward to the article growing over time - rail was so important in the war and a constant problem for the Confederacy. Kresock (talk) 21:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious claim

Looking for counter-examples to the statement 'As 1862 opened, the Confederacy achieved an amazing first in the history of railroads, by planning, constructing and then operating the first railroad ever designed and used exclusively for military purposes.', under 1862, I found the following: Grand Crimean Central Railway. Is this a good enough counter-example to remove the statement? Willhsmit (talk) 20:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Should the picture be left in an article on Confederate railroads? It's a Federal artillery battery, not a Confederate artillery battery. Someone reading the article would think that the picture is a Confederate railroad car. But pictures I've seen elsewhere state it is part of the Federal siege effors at Peeter'sburg (the most recent being Robert R. Hodges Jr. Ameircan Civil War Railroad Tactics). Furthermore it's mislabeled as a mortar. That's a 32 pound cannon, not a mortar. -annonymous 1/24/2012 6:21 AM EST.

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