Record #:

15148

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Colonel Alexander B. Andrews has served North Carolina not only as a solider during the American Civil War, but helped to build and maintain the railroads that were necessary for the State during the era of Reconstruction. He started his great building career as superintendent of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad and helped to rehabilitate this line as well as the Richmond and Danville and the Asheville-Spartanburg line.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 1, June 1939, p6-7, 28, por

Subject(s):

Railroads--History