East Tennessee & Georgia

The road was reorganized from the Hiwassee Railroad in 1848 and completed in 1855 (through Dalton, Georgia). A better route, through Cleveland, opened in 1858.

The vast majority of the copper produced by the Confederacy entered the rail system at Cleveland. The loss of the road near Cleveland in 1863 caused a crisis in the Confederate armaments system and the closing down of the Ducktown, Tennessee copper mines.

Shortly before the loss of the connection to the Western & Atlantic RR in the Fall of 1863, the President and Superintendent removed all the rolling stock and shops to Georgia, using Augusta as a base of operations.

Black's Number 76 (map)
Track 148 miles of 5 foot gauge 64# T-rail
Locomotives 22; 23 names
Cars 171
Stations 22
Officers Many
Tredegar Purchases All
Significant Documents
NP, RD 2-13A-61
NA, QM 6-5-61
NP, RD 6-18B-61
NP, RD 6-18C-61
NP, AC 7-4-61
NA, QM 7-17A-61
NP, AP 8-30-61
NP, AP 9-13-61
NP, KR 10-17-61
NP, RD 10-19-61
NA, QM 11-2A-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 4,  Page 231
OR Series 1, Vol. 4,  Page 232
NA, QM 11-10-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 4,  Page 235
NA, QM 11-11-61
NP, WJ 11-12-61
NA, ENG 11-13-61
NP, RD 11-13A-61
LVA, TRED 11-13C-61
LVA, TRED 11-13D-61
NA, ENG 1-5-62
NA, ET&G 1-7-62
NA, QM 1-10-62
NA, QM 1-10A-62
NA, QM 2-5-62
NP, RD 2-18A-62
NP, AP 2-6-62
NP, MAR 3-10-62
NP, AP 5-2-62
NA, QM 5-22-62
NP, AP 6-6-62
NA, N&C 6-22-62
NP, AP 11-7-62
NP, RR 11-8A-62
NP, GP 11-13-62
NP, RD 12-12A-62
NA, ENG 1-6A-63
GA,  W&A 1-30-63
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
NP, AP 4-17-63
NA, QM 6-17-63
NP, RR 7-1-63
NA, ENG 7-24-63
NA, ENG 8-18-63
NP, MT 9-11-63
NP, RD 9-12-63
NA, G 10-15-63
NA, ENG 10-22-63
RRBAT 12-18-1863
RRBAT 1-14-1864
NA, ET&G 1-21-64
NA, ET&G 1-23-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 2, Page 612
NA, G 2-3-64
NA, ET&G 2-18-64
NA, ET&G 3-19-64
NA, ENG 3-28-64
NA, ET&G 4-26-64
NP, AC 7-12-64
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 537

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