Huntsville train depot, cotton , watercress and the civil war

Today, Megan and I went here.  We had to wait until 11:00 to see the film , so we played in the children's area.  Then, we went in and watched the movie, where we learned cotton along with watercress were their main  crops.   We also learned that they build their train station around the time of the civil war and this was important as it connected many southern states, ending around Georgia or South Carolina .  I have to read more.  But this train station was taken by union forces.  Although they took it, they could not use it.  Also , the confederate forces kept fighting for it over and over again. The guide said it depended on which day it was who had rights to the train station, the union or the confederates.  The day it was taken, the train had wounded and healthy soldiers.  They left the sick alone.the healthy ones stayed a few days there and then they were shipped to union prison camps up north. After the war, the town of Huntsville was hurt for money, and even after the city started to rebuild, they did not have the funds to rebuild it.  It was eventually rebuilt and ran for awhile.  I have to look up the year of its last run.