Charlotte & South Carolina

The road was chartered in 1846 and completed in 1852. It linked Charlotte, and its growing web of railroads, with Columbia, SC and the South Carolina Railroad. It was a vital link in supplying Lee and Richmond when the Piedmont Railroad was completed. The gauge change between this road and the North Carolina Railroad caused a major bottleneck throughout the war.

This road operated the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad during at least 1863.

Black's Number 27 (map)
Track 110 miles of 5 foot gauge. About 75 miles of flange rail of unknown weight and about 35 miles of 48# and 50# new T rail.
Locomotives 15; 17 names
Cars 156
Stations 19
Officers All
Locomotive Usage 1862
Slaves Slaves
Tredegar Purchases All
Significant Documents
NP, WD 1-1-61
NP, WD 1-8C-61
NP, WD 2-12A-61
NP, SC 3-16-61
NP, CB 5-30-61
NP, RD 6-20-61
LVA, TRED 9-30-61
NP, SC 12-5B-61
NP, RD 1-1A-62
NP, CB 1-9-62
NP, CB 1-9B-62
NP, SC 1-12-62
NP, WD 2-5-62
NP, SC 4-11-62
NP, AC 4-13-62
NP, GP 5-8-62
NP, SC 7-16-62
NP, SC 10-14-62
NP, SC 10-14A-62
NP, SC 10-14B-62
NP, RR 11-17-62
NP, SC 11-28-62
NP, SC 11-28B-62
NP, SC 11-28C-62
NP, SC 12-11A-62
NA, C&SC 12-22-63
NP, WD 1-6-63
NP, WD 1-6A-63
NP, SC 1-30-63
NP, SC 2-1A-63
NP, SC 2-1B-63
NP, SC 2-1C-63
NP, SC 2-1E-63
NP, WD 2-24-63
NP, RR 2-25-63
NP, SC 3-5-63
NA, QM 3-19-63
NP, WD 3-24A-63
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
NP, CM 4-18-63
NP, SC 5-2-63
B7, C&SC 5-18-63
B7, C&SC 5-20-63
NA, AG 5-27-63
NP, IE 6-4-63
NP, WD 7-7A-63
NP, SC 9-1-63
RRBAT 10-19-1863
RRBAT 10-21A-1863
RRBAT 10-22A-1863
NP, SC 12-24-63
RRBAT 10-29A-1863
NP, IE 12-3B-63
NP, WD 1-12A-64
NP, SC 1-26A-64
NP, SC 1-26C-64
NA, C&SC 1-28-64
NP, WD 2-9-64
NP, WD 2-23-64
NP, IE 3-3A-64
NA, ENG 3-7A-64
NP, SC 3-9A-64
NP, WD 3-15-64
NP, SC 3-22-64
NA, QM 3-25A-64
NA, QM 3-25C-64
NP, WD 3-29-64
NP, SC 4-5-64
NP, SC 4-5A-64
NP, SC 4-28-64
NA, ENG 4-29C-64
NA, ENG 4-30-64
NA, QM 5-3A-64
NP, SC 5-8A-64
NP, SC 5-18-64
NP, RD 6-2-64
NP, SC 6-8-64
NP, RCS 6-22-64
NP, SC 6-29A-64
NA, ENG 7-9A-64
NA, ENG 7-9C-64
NP, SC 7-9B-64
NA, ENG 7-23A-64
NP, SC 8-12A-64
NP, SC 9-8-64
NA, QM 9-28-64
NA, QM 10-27-64
NA, QM 11-21-64
NP, SC 11-25A-64
NP, LV 12-25-64
NA, QM 1-2-65
NP, AC 1-15-65
NP, RCF 1-6-65
NP, CO 1-16-65
NP, CO 1-16D-65
NP, YE 1-18-65
NP, SC 1-19-65
NP, SC 1-19A-65
NP, RD 1-23-65
NP, YE 2-1-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1239
NP, AC 2-26-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1321
NP, AC 3-7-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1371C
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1374
NP, RD 3-14-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 684
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 697
NP, AC 4-4-65
NP, AC 4-8-65
NP, YE 4-12-65

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