Slaves
Railway transportation and river transportation.
Railroads, I believe.
Trains were the modern transportation, but most traveling was done on foot or by horseback.
transcontinental railroad.
THEY CONTRIBUTED MEN ,ARMS,SUPPLIES,TRANSPORTATION
Rail-roads
Alabamas best soda is coke. Everyone loves it.
The trains IMPROVEMENT Railroads, wagons, carts, blockade-runners.
Railroads and canals. They made roads to tie the Western with east.
Robert Dunnavant has written: 'The railroad war' -- subject(s): Alabama Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns, Cavalry operations, History, Railroads, Tennessee Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
It was their lack of transportation and industry - they couldn't move troops around so quickly, and they couldn't manufacture armaments and other war supplies.
Thomas Weber has written: 'The Northern railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865' -- subject(s): History, Railroads, Transportation, United States Civil War, 1861-1865