| The correct name for the Alexandria &
Cheneyville Railroad. The road was chartered in 1835, construction began
in 1836 and stopped in 1841. The road transported troops in 1861. One source says that in April 1863,
Union troops captured the southern end of the road; the Confederacy
responded by removing the remaining rails to provide iron plating for
gunboats on the Red River. However, Confederate letters as late as March
1864 indicate that the railroad was still operating. Other reports have
the rails being removed in 1864 to complete a road from Marshall, Tx. to
Shreveport, La. Still other reports have the rails and sills being used
to make the dams that saved the Union Navy. |