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Immediately after the Battle of Gettysburg ended July 3, 1863, the Union Army operated the Western Maryland Rail Road for about eight days, using it solely to transport military and hospital supplies to General George Meade's victorious but exhausted troops. Shortly after the government returned the road to its owners, this train was wrecked at the farm of Elhanan Englar, New Windsor, Maryland. Many people suspected that Confederate sabotage was responsible. This picture was painted by a young witness, 16-year-old Frederick Dielman. Just three months after the wreck, President Lincoln rode over parts of the line on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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