| From the Lynchburg Virginian |
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| August 6, 1864 |
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| Montgomery & West Point Railroad |
| This road runs from the
capital of Alabama (Montgomery,) to the small and insignificant town
of West Point, on the Western border of Georgia, a distance of 48 or
50 miles. West Point lies on both sides of the Chattahoochee, and
although there is barely enough of it to make a division, yet part of
it is in Alabama and part in Georgia. The railroad to Montgomery was
constructed 30 years ago, but it was of no commercial or military
importance until after the Memphis & Charleston railroad was cut
and seized, by the enemy, which forced all traffic and travel between
the eastern and western geographical divisions of the Confederacy over
that line. |
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