Iron Horses, Men of Steel

Winchester, Virginia June, 1861
Notes from artist Mort Kunstler:

Before I ever completed the painting, Jackson Commandeers the Railroad in
1999, I knew I wanted to do a sequel showing another part of the operation. This
great event of moving locomotives and railroad equipment overland and through
towns had never been depicted and would be a natural follow-up to the scene
showing the disassembling of the locomotives in the Martinsburg railroad yards.

The forty-horse team used to pull the stripped-down boiler was rigged four
abreast and driven, artillery style, by a rider who controlled his four horses.
Since thoroughbreds, quarter horses, mules, etc. were conscripted for the
arduous movement, some owners refused to part with their mounts, unless they
drove them personally. The result was a joint military-civilian operation.
Artillery riders with their distinctive red markings are in key positions in the
lineup as outriders are available for troubleshooting. The rest of the equipment
- cowcatchers, lights, cabs, stacks - were transported by wagons and oxcarts.
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