From the Burgaw website.
During the Civil War, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, which ran through Burgaw, N.C., was a vital Confederate lifeline. Confederate troops were transported along it and wounded and sick soldiers sent south from Virginia to hospitals.
Even more so, military equipment and supplies, brought into the Confederacy by blockade-runners from nearby Wilmington passed through here on its way to Richmond. The interior of the station still bears charred remains from when a Union cavalry detachment attacked it in 1863.
After the fall of Wilmington on February 22, 1865, the depot station became a Confederate headquarters for retreating troops and it soon fell thereafter to Union forces. For over a week in February, over 6,000 prisoners were held there while negotiations for a massive exchange took place between Richmond and Washington, D.C..
Pender County, named for a Confederate Civil War general, was the last of the 100 North Carolina counties formed, when, in 1875, it was split off from Wilmington's New Hanover County.
This is also the county where my Mom's condo is located at Topsail Beach.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Historic Burgaw Depot, N.C.
From the December 2016, Our State magazine (N.C.) "Historic Burgaw Depot" by Katie King.
Historic Burgaw Depot, Pender County.
The last train left the station in 1986, but this former Confederate headquarters was the first stop in Burgaw's revitalization.
Long before there was a town of Burgaw, there was a Burgaw depot. Built in 1850 as a wood and water stop on the Wilmington and Weldon rail line, the depot predates the town by 29 years, making it the oldest standing train depot in North Carolina -- and one of only two remaining antebellum depots (the other is in Selma).
Renovated in 2009, parts of the original structure can still be seen, including wooden doors and ceiling beams charred by an 1863 fire set by Union troops. Now the depot is used for weddings, administrative offices, and a year-round transportation museum -- a small piece of history making its way into our modern-day lives.
--Old Secesh
Historic Burgaw Depot, Pender County.
The last train left the station in 1986, but this former Confederate headquarters was the first stop in Burgaw's revitalization.
Long before there was a town of Burgaw, there was a Burgaw depot. Built in 1850 as a wood and water stop on the Wilmington and Weldon rail line, the depot predates the town by 29 years, making it the oldest standing train depot in North Carolina -- and one of only two remaining antebellum depots (the other is in Selma).
Renovated in 2009, parts of the original structure can still be seen, including wooden doors and ceiling beams charred by an 1863 fire set by Union troops. Now the depot is used for weddings, administrative offices, and a year-round transportation museum -- a small piece of history making its way into our modern-day lives.
--Old Secesh
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