Goldsboro junction
Rail junction, Goldsboro, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Rail junction
- Where
- Goldsboro, North Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1865
GOLDSBORO JUNCTION
The crossing of the Wilmington and Weldon and the North Carolina railroads made Goldsboro a station for Confederate troops and their supplies. Union troops burned the Wilmington and Weldon bridge on December 17, 1862. Sherman's and Schofield's armies occupied the town in March 1865.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
Built by the State, 1851-56, from Goldsboro to Charlotte. Eastern terminus a few yards N.
Then
The crossing of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad and the North Carolina Railroad made Goldsboro a station for Confederate troops and their supplies.
Union troops burned the Wilmington and Weldon railroad bridge on December 17, 1862. Sherman's and Schofield's armies occupied the town in March 1865.
Now
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and CSX run through Goldsboro today.
Served by
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