|
Charleston &
Savannah |
| The road was chartered in 1853,
with work started in 1856 and completed in 1860. There was little local
support for the road since neither of its two cities wanted to improve
the prospects of the other in their continuing competition to be the
major port of the southeast. The Confederacy, however, found it to be
very useful as an alternate to sending Georgia traffic through Augusta
and as a way to quickly move defending troops between Charleston and
Savannah, as Union threats required. |
| Black's Number |
35 (map) |
| Track |
110 miles of 5 foot gauge of unknown type
and weight |
| Locomotives |
12; 12 names |
| Cars |
139 |
| Stations |
18 |
| Officers |
Several |
| Articles |
1863 |
| Locomotive Usage |
1863 |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Significant Documents |
| NP, CM 7-1B-61 |
| NP, CM 7-1E-61 |
| NP, CM 11-18-61 |
| NP, RD 12-27-61 |
| B3, LEE 2-22-62 |
| SC, QM 3-18-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 482 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 496 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 526 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 554 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 573 |
| NP, RD 11-5A-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 692 |
| RRBA 12-24-1862 |
| SC, C&S 1-30-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 799 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 774 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 849 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| NA, ENG 6-8A-63 |
| NP, CC 11-2-63 |
| NA, ENG 10-14B-63 |
| RRBAT 12-11B-1863 |
| RRBAT 12-15A-1863 |
| NA, ENG 12-18-63 |
| NA, ENG 12-18A-63 |
| RRBAT 12-22B-1863 |
| NA, QM 1-2-64 |
| NA, ENG 5-2B-64 |
| NA, ENG 5-19D-64 |
| NP, RD 8-10-64 |
| NP, CM 10-21-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 44, Page 923 |
| NP, AC 12-24A-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 385 |
| NA, QMR
12-31-64 |
|