Everything about The Memphis And Charleston Railroad totally explained
The
Memphis and Charleston Railroad completed in
1857 was the first
railroad in the
United States to link the
Atlantic Ocean with the
Mississippi River. Chartered in
1846 the railroad ran from
Memphis, Tennessee to
Stevenson, Alabama through the towns of
Corinth, Mississippi and
Huntsville, Alabama. In
Alabama, the railroad followed the route of the
Decatur-Courtland-Tuscumbia Railroad between,
Tuscumbia and
Decatur, the first railroad to be built west of the
Appalachian Mountains.
The American Civil War
When the
Civil War broke out in
1861, this railroad became of strategic importance as the only east-west railroad running through the
Confederacy. On the morning of
April 11,
1862,
Union troops led by General Mitchell captured Huntsville, cutting off this railroads use for the Confederacy.
The railroad and its route through
Corinth, Mississippi was a significant factor in the
Battle of Shiloh in 1862.
While the railroad briefly survived the American Civil War, the effect of the war on the railroad was devastating and led to its merger into other railroads of the same fate and eventually to become part of the
Southern Railway system.
The Memphis and Charleston Route Today
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad eventually merged into the
Southern Railway. The route is still in use today as part of the
Norfolk Southern Railway line running between
Memphis and
Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
US 72 roughly follows the original route of the Memphis and Charleston between Memphis, Tennessee and
Muscle Shoals, Alabama. From Muscle Shoals to Huntsville, Alabama
Alt. US 72 follows the original Memphis and Charleston. US 72 follows the route again from Huntsville to Stevenson, Alabama.
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