The Montgomery and West Point Railroad was an early 19th-century railroad in Alabama and Georgia. It played an important role during the American Civil War as a supply and transportation route for the
Montgomery and West Point Railroad advertisement (1859)
This is an image of what the Montgomery and West Point Railroad became later on.
Wilson's Raid
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Wilson's Raid was a successful military campaign conducted by the United States Cavalry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union Army's strategic offensive was designed to destroy C
Montgomery and West Point Railroad
…of a large raid by Union cavalry in the summer of 1864, called Rousseau 's Raid. In April of 1865 it was hit again after the fall of Montgomery by Wilson's Raid. The railroad played an important role in this business, and it became a symbol to industrialization in the United States. The railroads make it possible…
Bvt. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA
Lieut. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, CSA
View of the Quad at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1859. The rotunda can be seen at the center, with the halls in the background. The college buildings were all destroyed by Federal cavalry on April 4, 1865.
The route the United States Cavalry under Wilson took on the raid that passed through Columbus, Georgia.