Biography of the Memphis And Charleston Railroad Book

	Introduction	vii
	Brief Description of the Three Phases in the Life of the M&C	2
	Early Railroad History	5
	Early railroad pioneers in Tennessee and Alabama	13
	The Tuscumbia, Courtland & Decatur Railroad--The Second Link of the M&C	19
	Railroad Expansions	29
	The LaGrange & Memphis Railroad--the third Link of the M&C	34
	Conventions for New Railroads Abound in the 1840's	42
	The M&C is Chartered in Tennessee	54
	Alabama Charters the M&C	61
	The M&C Begins to Become a Railroad Entity	65
	The First Official Report of the M&C	70
	The Next Annual Meeting--Work is Started	79
	The Holly Springs Affair	83
	Work Starts on the LaGrange & Memphis	92
	The Year 1852	98
	Equipment Begins to Arrive--the Road Begins Operations	104
	1853--The Road Finally Defined	108
	The Years from 1854 through 1856	114
	1857--The M&C Officially Opens	121
	The Years 1858 through 1860	125
	The Civil War Starts	128
	Early Events at the Start of the War	131
	The OR's-Official Records of the War of the Rebellion	135
	M&C Eastern Headquarters--Huntsville-Captured by the North	147
	Now that the M&C was in the Hands of the Union, They had Problems Keeping it	168
	The Battle of Corinth, Mississippi And the Effect on the M&C	180
	The Famous Grenada M&C Railroad Loss Fiasco by the Confederacy	194
	Personal Integrity of Sam Tate	203
	The Physical Status of the M&C after the War	212
	Gradual Decline of the M&C As A Viable Railroad	217
	Index	223
	Biblioraphy	231
	Appendices	233
	Appendix 'A'	235
	Appendix 'B'	237
	Appendix 'C'	243
	Appendix 'D'	245
	Appendix 'E'	247
	Appendix 'F'	251
	Appendix 'G'	255