Holly Springs

[mt155]

I thought Larry Cockerham might like this. I went to Holly Springs this weekend past and was delighted to find that they have established a little CW tour of the town centering on Van Dorn's December 20, 1862 raid. I didn't know what I was going to find but I was quite pleased to find the RR depot there.

 

[Nathanb1]

I thought Larry Cockerham might like this. I went to Holly Springs this weekend past and was delighted to find that they have established a little CW tour of the town centering on Van Dorn's December 20, 1862 raid. I didn't know what I was going to find but I was quite pleased to find the RR depot there.

Beautiful, again! Are you a professional photographer?

 

[The Iron Duke]

Mt155 I hope you submit that to the CWPT photo contest again.

 

[larry_cockerham]

Yes, very nice photo! Thank you.

 

[TerryB]

Holly Springs is high on my list of places to visit. We went there when I was too young to appreciate it. So many of the ancestors were from there, but moved to Texas in the 1870s, thus missing out on the 1878 yellow fever outbreak. I actually have photos of Kinloch and Howard Falconer, both of whom died in the outbreak. I was surprised to learn that K. was the assistant adjutant of the AOT.

 

[TxSouthpaw]

Great picture, mt.

 

[K Hale]

Mt155 I hope you submit that to the CWPT photo contest again.

Stunning picture.

I did not know there was a CWPT photo contest, but I just got finished looking at three years of winners on Flickr. WHOA. Anyone know when this year's contest is? The CWPT website didn't say.

 

[The Iron Duke]

It's an annual contest that they do. Mt155 won for his Big Black River Bridge picture. The most recent issue of Hallowed Ground states that the requirements for the 2010 contest will be released during the spring.

 

[K Hale]

I can hardly wait. I want to give it a shot!

 

[DaveBrt]

You have an excellent photo, but not of the Civil War depot. The style is clearly from the 1890's. Also, per the quote below, the Holly Springs depot was destroyed in 1863.

From the Lynchburg Virginian

January 16, 1863

The Surprise at Holly Springs -- Immense Destruction
We have already published a statement from the correspondent of the New York Tribune, who estimates the Yankee loss at Holly Springs at $6,000,000. The following account is given by an eye witness to the affair. *** The Southern account from an eye witness says:
*** The extensive buildings of the Mississippi Central depot, the station house, the engine houses, and immense store houses were filled with supplies of clothing and commissary stores.
*****
As there was no time to remove these immense stores from the buildings containing them, they were all destroyed, comprising the Mississippi Central depot, engine houses and store houses, the most elegant and capacious in all the South, the courthouse, livery stable, and the largest buildings on the public square.

 

[larry_cockerham]

You have an excellent photo, but not of the Civil War depot. The style is clearly from the 1890's. Also, per the quote below, the Holly Springs depot was destroyed in 1863.

From the Lynchburg Virginian

January 16, 1863

The Surprise at Holly Springs -- Immense Destruction
We have already published a statement from the correspondent of the New York Tribune, who estimates the Yankee loss at Holly Springs at $6,000,000. The following account is given by an eye witness to the affair. *** The Southern account from an eye witness says:
*** The extensive buildings of the Mississippi Central depot, the station house, the engine houses, and immense store houses were filled with supplies of clothing and commissary stores.
*****
As there was no time to remove these immense stores from the buildings containing them, they were all destroyed, comprising the Mississippi Central depot, engine houses and store houses, the most elegant and capacious in all the South, the courthouse, livery stable, and the largest buildings on the public square.

You are quite correct about this not being a period depot structure. Very few of those remain. My observation was purely based on the beauty of the photograph [special thanks are due to the Arranger of that sky]. From a railroad history perspective, this station is nonetheless old and of great interest to us railroad history amateurs. Your comments placing this in WBTS terms are also greatly appreciated. Thanks!