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Check and Illustration--Grant's Military Railroad

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Railroadiana, Trains Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
Check and Illustration--Grant's Military Railroad
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The check is made out to Col. I. L. Carrington for $75., April, 1862, signed by I. B. Stevens, Chamberlain. The U.S. Military Railroad (USMRR) was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War. The United States Congress authorized President Abraham Lincoln to seize control of the railroads and telegraph for military use in January 1862.[2] In practice, however, the USMRR restricted its authority to Southern rail lines captured in the course of the war. As a separate organization for rail transportation the USMRR is one of the predecessors of the modern United States Army Transportation Corps. City: Petersburg State: Virginia, Date: 1862 Inventory# 38453