Weldon rail hub
Rail junction, Weldon, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Rail junction
- Where
- Weldon, North Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1865
WELDON RAIL HUB
Four railroads met at Weldon on the Roanoke River. Supplies from Wilmington passed through it to Petersburg and Lee's army. Both railroad bridges over the Roanoke were burned during the war.
WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD
Longest railroad in the world when completed in 1840. Length 161 1/2 mi. Terminus was nearby.
E-23Halifax County
Then
Four railroads met at Weldon on the Roanoke River. Supplies from Wilmington passed through it to Petersburg and Lee's army.
Both railroad bridges over the Roanoke were burned during the war.
Now
Lines owned by CSX run through Weldon today.
Served by
Nearby
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- 53 miBattle of Globe Tavern cuts the Weldon RailroadAugust 18, 1864, Globe Tavern, south of Petersburg, Virginia
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- 57 miPetersburg rail hubConfederate · Rail junction, Petersburg, Virginia