- A
plank road is a
road composed of
wooden planks or
puncheon logs, as an
efficient technology for
traversing soft, marshy, or
otherwise difficult ground...
- The
Boydton and
Petersburg Plank Road, also
called the
Boydton Plank Road, was a hard
surfaced road constructed between Boydton and Petersburg, Virginia...
- The
Battle of
Boydton Plank Road (also
known as
Burgess Mill or
First Hatcher's Run),
fought on
October 27–28, 1864,
followed the
Union Army's successful...
- The Old
Plank Road is a
plank road in
Imperial County, California, that was
built in 1915 as an east–west
route over the
Algodones Dunes. It effectively...
- The
Plank Road Boom was an
economic boom in the
United States that
lasted from 1844 to the mid 1850s,
largely in the
Eastern United States and New York...
- and
Major General Winfield S. Han****'s
Union II
Corps on the
Orange Plank Road. Fighting,
which ended for the
evening because of darkness, was fierce...
- list of
plank roads built and
operated by
private companies in the U.S.
state of New York,
mainly in the 19th century.
While most of the
roads are still...
- The
Battle of
Jerusalem Plank Road, also
known as the
First Battle of the
Weldon Railroad, took
place during the
American Civil War
fought June 21–23,...
-
operate against the
Boydton Plank Road and
South Side Railroad. The
initial Union advance on
October 27
gained the
Boydton Plank Road, a
major campaign objective...
- The
Battle of
White Oak
Road, also
known as The
Battle of Hatcher's Run,
Gravelly Run,
Boydton Plank Road,
White Oak
Ridge was
fought on
March 31, 1865...
