Was the Charleston & Savannah Railroad.

Left in financial ruin after the Civil War, the C&S faced a series of bankruptcies before its route’s eventual incorporation into one of the most important commercial transportation arteries on the eastern seaboard. The road was sold at foreclosure in October of 1866, for $30,000 cash to Mr. Joseph H. Taylor representing the bondholders. Renamed to the Savannah & Charleston Railroad, it was totally rebuilt at a cost of $2,238,200 after the war and reopened in the Spring of 1869.

A default in 1873, brought on by the Panic of 1873, led to yet another receivership, after which it was sold in 1880 to Henry B. Plant. He changed the name to the Charleston & Savannah Railway that same year. The railroad became a key property in his Plant System of railway and steamship lines.

Towns on Route (in SC):

Charleston

Wilkes (1870s)

Johns Island (1857)

Stono (1882) > Johns Island #2 (1903)

Rantowles

New Road (1875)

Logansville (1850s)

Ravenels (1870s)

Meggett (1893)

Younges Island (1888)

Adams Run

Osborne (1878)

Parkers Ferry (1909)

Pon Pon (1892)

Jacksonboro

Ashepoo (1870)

Green Pond (1859)

White Hall (1872)

Salkehatchie (1876)

Saltketchers Bridge

Yemassee (1868)

Pocotoligo

Coosawhatchie

Ridgeland (1880s)

Grahamville

Switzerland (1901)

Hardeeville

SC/GA State Line