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Alabama & Mississippi Rivers |
| The road was chartered in 1850 and
was intended to connect Selma, Alabama with the Mississippi state line.
The Selma to Uniontown portion was completed before the war, but
resources to finish the work were unavailable to the state or railroad.
Because it was a link in providing a cross-Confederacy railroad, it was
made a high-priority project by the Confederate government and rail was
provided by stripping lesser lines. The road was completed to Meridian
in December 1862 -- except for the lack of a bridge over the Tombigbee
River. The gap forced the unloading of cars at Demopolis for a steamboat
ride to McDowell's Bluff and reloading of the cars.
The gap between Selma and Montgomery, not a part of the Alabama &
Mississippi Rivers, but part of the urgently needed trans-Confederacy
line, also remained and was handled with another steamboat ride.
The name was changed to the Selma & Meridian
Railroad in 1864.
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| Black's Number |
82 (map) |
| Track |
104 miles of 5 foot gauge of 50# T rail; in December 1860 was trying to get 62# rail |
| Locomotives |
At least 2; 2 names |
| Cars |
At least 21 |
| Stations |
21 |
| Officers |
Few |
| Shelby Purchases |
All |
| Significant Documents |
| LVA, TRED 5-21A-61 |
| NP, TOF 5-22-61 |
| LVA, TRED 9-25-61 |
| NA, G 12-17-61 |
| NA, WAR 1-20-62 |
| NA, M&WP 1-23-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 941 |
| NA, QM 3-19-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1048 |
| AOC, 4-7-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1053 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1055 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1060 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1066 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1089 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1145 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1171 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 17, Part 2, Page 637 |
| NA, S&M 7-4-62 |
| UA, A&MR 7-20-62 |
| NA, A&F 9-x-62 |
| AOC, 10-2-62 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 149 |
| NA, ENG 11-27-62 |
| NA, M&S 12-3-62 |
| NP, HT 12-8-62 |
| NA, A&F 2-3-63 |
| NP, RR 2-11-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-11A-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-11B-63 |
| NA, A&F 3-13-63 |
| UA, SIW 3-14-63 |
| NA, A&MR 3-18-63 |
| NA, QM 3-18A-63 |
| NA, A&F 3-30-63 |
| NA, A&F 4-6-63 |
| NA, QM 4-10-63 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| NA, A&F 4-22-63 |
| NA, QM 4-22A-63 |
| NA, QM 4-25-63 |
| NA, QM 4-27-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 24, Part 3, Page 875 |
| UA, SIW 5-14-63 |
| NA, A&F 5-15-63 |
| NA, QM 6-1-63 |
| UA, SIW 6-24-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-18A-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-18C-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-18D-63 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 655 |
| NA, ENG 9-4C-63 |
| NA, ENG 9-30B-63 |
| NA, ENG 10-31C-63 |
| UA, SIW 11-5-63 |
| NA, ENG
11-24C-63 |
| NA, ENG 11-30A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 31, Part 3, Page 787 |
| NA, QM 12-19A-63 |
| NA, QM 2-13-64 |
| NA, ENG 2-13-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 1, Page 336 |
| NP, IE 3-3A-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 1, Page 343 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 745 |
| NA, ENG 3-29-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 653 |
| NA, ENG 4-12-64 |
| NA, ENG 4-12A-64 |
| NP, RD 4-28-64 |
| NA, ENG 4-28B-64 |
| NP, MAR 5-26-64 |
| NA, ENG 6-15-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 731 |
| NA, QM 10-1-64 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 742 |
| UA, SIW 12-20-64 |
| D, A&WP 12-20-64 |
| D, A&MR 12-20-64 |
| UA, SIW 12-21-64 |
| UA, SIW 1-20-65 |
| UA, SIW 1-22-65 |
| D, A&MR 1-25-65 |
| UA, SIW 1-26A-65 |
| UA, SIW 1-28-65 |
| NP, AC 2-18A-65 |
| NP, AC 3-17-65 |
| NP, AC 3-28A-65 |
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