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Military history professor Christopher Gabel discusses the importance of railroads and Steam Powered locomotives to the union and confederate armies and explains how railroads made the scale of the civil war possible and describes how and why the confederacys powerful Railroad System broke down as the war progressed. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this hourlong event. Thank you very much for the kind introduction and for being here. Folks, you know when we look back at the onset of the american civil war, we view it through the lens of the war, itself. That shapes what were looking at. ...

Advantage for the north, maybe that statistic is not really important either. Its whether or not the railroads actually were that significant in the conduct and outcome of the civil war. And if the answer to that question is no, we can save a lot of time here tonight. Ok. Well, this is the game changer right here. Water turns to steam and expands 1600 well so what . People have known this for thousands of years. Ok . Well, in the 1820s somebody figured out how to take that expansion and turn it into forward motion. You collect excuse me you collect the steam. You send it down to a piston. The ...

It isnt just isis. Were dealing with north korea. Were dealing with iran. Were dealing with russia, were dealing with cyberattacks. It is an unprecedented set of threats that are out there. This not a time to kind of get in the trenches and not say anything. Ifill plus, combating Climate Change by transforming ponds once caked with salt into vibrant marshes teaming with wildlife. This pond in particular has been called a disneyland for birds. Were really trying to maximize the amount of habitat thats available to them in a novel way. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on toni...

Were dealing with north korea. Were dealing with iran. Were dealing with russia, were dealing with cyberattacks. It is an unprecedented set of threats that are out there. This not a time to kind of get in the trenches and not say anything. Ifill plus, combating Climate Change by transforming ponds once caked with salt into vibrant marshes teaming with wildlife. This pond in particular has been called a disneyland for birds. Were really trying to maximize the amount of habitat thats available to them in a novel way. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. ...

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