Sherman destroys the rail centre at Meridian
February 14, 1864, Meridian, Mississippi.
- Date
- February 14, 1864
- Where
- Meridian, Mississippi
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 95 of 174
Meridian was a railroad centre with a Confederate arsenal, hospital and prison stockade. Sherman's troops held it from February 14 to 20 and destroyed 115 miles of railroad, 61 bridges, 6,075 feet of trestle, 20 locomotives, 28 cars and 3 steam sawmills. Sherman reported that Meridian with its depots, storehouses and arsenal no longer existed.
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