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.
Rousseau's Opelika Raid
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Rousseau's Opelika Raid saw 2,700 Union cavalry led by Major General Lovell Rousseau raid deep into Alabama in the Atlanta campaign during the American Civil War. The successful raid began at Decatur,
Montgomery and West Point Railroad
…in the years of 1852–1856. It soon began operating when it was finished in 1856. During the Civil War (1861–1865), the railroad was the target of Rousseau's Opelika Raid. In July 1864, 2,500 Union cavalry troops under the command of Lovell Rousseau started from Decatur, Alabama. Rousseau's force managed to take and burn…
Lovell Rousseau
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