At a time of war, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was caught in the crossfire between two nations.
The Civil War was in full s.
The year 1862 was a hard year to live on the canal, though.
For nine months a year, he and his family live on their Canal boat, working hard to get them through the lean winter months.
Hugh Fitzgerald proudly calls himself a "canawler." He works on the C&O Canal transporting coal nearly 185 miles between Cumberland, Maryland, and Georgetown.
At a time of war, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was caught in the crossfire between two nations