Before the start of the Civil War, Georgia had ten railroads, five of which figured significantly in General William T.
At the close of the nineteenth century, consolidation was al.
Morgan.
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.
The number of rail lines in the state ballooned after the war.
Sherman s Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea.
Before the start of the Civil War, Georgia had ten railroads, five of which figured significantly in General William T