Grand Junction
Rail junction, Grand Junction, Tennessee.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Rail junction
- Where
- Grand Junction, Tennessee
- Years
- 1862-1865
GRAND JUNCTION
The town took its name from the crossing of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mississippi Central railroads. The Union Army held it for about three years, and Grant set up a contraband camp there for thousands of formerly enslaved people.
Then
Grand Junction took its name from the crossing of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mississippi Central railroads. The Union Army held the town for about three years, and Grant set up a contraband camp there for thousands of formerly enslaved people.
Now
The old railroad depot still stands.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Grand Junction today.
Served by
Nearby
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- 24 miVan Dorn destroys Grant's depot at Holly SpringsDecember 20, 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi
- 25 miHolly Springs supply depotUnion · Depot, Holly Springs, Mississippi
- 38 miRosecrans holds the Corinth junction against Van DornOctober 4, 1862, Corinth, Mississippi
- 38 miBeauregard abandons the Corinth rail junctionMay 30, 1862, Corinth, Mississippi
- 40 miCorinth rail junctionConfederate · Rail junction, Corinth, Mississippi