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3 unusual facts about Mississippi Central Railroad


Hudsonville, Mississippi

The Mississippi Central Railroad runs through Hudsonville.

Mississippi Central Railroad

Olin Corporation's recent move of its Winchester brand ammunition production to Oxford may generate additional traffic for MSCI.

In November 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant began the Mississippi Central Railroad Campaign down the line with the ultimate goal of capturing Vicksburg, Mississippi in conjunction with General William Tecumseh Sherman.


Davis' Mills Battle Site

The small settlement included houses, a flour mill, and a saw mill on the north bank of the Wolf River near a Mississippi Central Railroad wooden trestle crossing.


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Durant, Mississippi

It was founded in 1858 as a station on the Mississippi Central Railroad, later part of the Illinois Central.