Morehead City
Port, Morehead City, North Carolina.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Port
- Where
- Morehead City, North Carolina
- Years
- 1862-1865
- Today
- Industry today
MOREHEAD CITY
Federal troops occupied Morehead City on March 22, 1862. Its deepwater port was the eastern end of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and the Union held the line from Morehead City to New Bern until the 1865 advance on Goldsboro.
Then
Federal troops occupied Morehead City on March 22, 1862. Its deepwater port was the eastern end of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and the Union held the line from Morehead City to New Bern until the 1865 advance on Goldsboro.
Now
Industry today
The Goldsboro to Morehead City line became part of the North Carolina Railroad in 1989 and carries Norfolk Southern freight.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern run through Morehead City today.
Served by
Nearby
- 2 miConfederate Salt Works, Morehead CityConfederate · Salt works, Morehead City, North Carolina
- 4 miFort MaconUnion · Site, Atlantic Beach (Bogue Banks), North Carolina
- 4 miFort Macon surrenders, opening Beaufort and Morehead CityApril 26, 1862, Fort Macon, Bogue Banks, North Carolina
- 5 miBeaufortUnion · Port, Beaufort, North Carolina
- 27 miBurnside captures New BernMarch 14, 1862, New Bern, North Carolina
- 32 miNew BernUnion · Supply base, New Bern, North Carolina