Mort Kunstler received many requests to paint this event. Federal forces had cut off the 38 miles of rail lines from Martinsburg to Strasburg. General Stonewall Jackson, with the help of Capt. Thomas A. Sharp and Hugh Longust, both experienced railroad men, led the successful operation of moving as much rolling stock and equipment as possible overland to the southern railhead. A newspaper report stated: "Fourteen locomotives, a large number of railroad cars, nine miles of track, telegraph wires and about $40,000 worth of machinists' tools and materials, all belonging to the B&O Railroad, have been successfully hauled overland by the Confederates." The feat was accomplished by using a 40-horse hitch team. What a spectacular scene that would have been.
Issued in a signed numbered edition of 1100 lithographs.
Image size: 13.5" x 29.5."