History of Georgia Railroads, A (Transportation) - Softcover

Jones, Robert C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467137774 ISBN 13: 9781467137775

Publisher: The History Press, 2017

Synopsis

Railroads are central in the history of Georgia. Explore 200 years of railroad expansion and consolidation in this must-read for railroad and Georgia history fans.

Before the start of the Civil War, Georgia had ten railroads, five of which figured significantly in General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea.

The number of rail lines in the state ballooned after the war. Many were founded by individual entrepreneurs like Henry Plant and Thomas Clyde, while the biggest railroad of them all (Southern Railway) was created out of whole cloth by New York financier J.P. Morgan. At the close of the nineteenth century, consolidation was already in process, and by the end of the next century, only three significant railroads remained in Georgia.

Author and historian Robert C. Jones examines Georgia's rail history over the past two centuries and today.

About this title

About the Author

Robert C. Jones served as president of the Kennesaw Historical Society for twenty-one years (1994-2015) and also as a member of the executive board of the Kennesaw Museum Foundation for seventeen years (1998-2015). The Museum Foundation helped fund the forty-five-thousand-square-foot Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia. Robert is also an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. He has written more than forty books on historical themes, including A Guide to the Civil War in Alabama, A Guide to the Civil War in Georgia and The Battle of Allatoona Pass: The Forgotten Battle of Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.

Edition details

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1467137774
• ISBN 13: 9781467137775
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160