Montevallo depot
Depot, Montevallo, Alabama.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Montevallo, Alabama
- Years
- 1863-1865
- Today
- Built over
MONTEVALLO DEPOT
Railroad depot where pig iron from the Irondale furnace, hauled in by oxcart, was shipped by rail to the arsenal at Selma, 1863-1865. Wilson's Union cavalry camped at Montevallo in spring 1865 and skirmished with Confederates near the depot.
Then
Pig iron from the Irondale furnace was hauled by oxcart to Montevallo and shipped from there by railroad to the arsenal at Selma.
Wilson's Union cavalry camped at Montevallo in spring 1865 and skirmished with Confederates near the railroad depot.
Now
Built over
Montevallo is a college town in Shelby County, home of the University of Montevallo.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern run through Montevallo today.
Nearby
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- 15 miTannehill IronworksConfederate · Ironworks, McCalla, Alabama
- 15 miWilson's raiders burn the Tannehill furnacesMarch 31, 1865, Tannehill Ironworks, Alabama
- 16 miShelby Iron WorksConfederate · Ironworks, Shelby, Alabama
- 26 miIrondale Furnace (Cahaba Iron Works)Confederate · Ironworks, Mountain Brook, Alabama
- 49 miWilson takes Selma and destroys its arsenal and naval foundryApril 2, 1865, Selma, Alabama