On October 25, 1836, construction began on the Wilmington and <answer>Raleigh</answer> Railroad to connect the port city of Wilmington with the state capital of <answer>Raleigh</answer>. In 1849 the North Carolina Railroad was created by act of the legislature to extend that railroad west to Greensboro, High Point, and Charlotte. During the Civil War, the Wilmington-to-<answer>Raleigh</answer> stretch of the railroad would be vital to the Confederate war effort; supplies shipped into Wilmington would be moved by rail through <answer>Raleigh</answer> to the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad was going to connect Wilmington to what city?
Raleigh