Chattanooga rail junction
Rail junction, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Rail junction
- Where
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Years
- 1861-1863
CHATTANOOGA RAIL JUNCTION
Chattanooga's railroads linked the arsenals at Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus and Macon and carried raw material to the plants that made small arms ammunition. Union forces occupied Chattanooga on September 9, 1863.
Then
Chattanooga's railroads linked the arsenals at Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus and Macon and carried raw material to the plants that made small arms ammunition.
Union forces occupied Chattanooga on September 9, 1863.
Now
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern, CSX and smaller railroads run through Chattanooga today.
Served by
Nearby
- 0 miChattanoogaUnion · Depot, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 3 miUnion opens the Cracker Line into ChattanoogaOctober 28, 1863, Brown's Ferry, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 6 miLookout Mountain Cave saltpeter worksConfederate · Niter works, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 21 miNickajack Cave saltpeter worksConfederate · Niter works, Shellmound, Tennessee
- 24 miWheeler strikes Sherman's railroad at DaltonAugust 14, 1864, Dalton, Georgia
- 28 miBridgeport landing and shipyardUnion · Supply base, Bridgeport, Alabama