Accidents on Confederate Railroads -- 1864

Accidents on Confederate Railroads -- 1864

Below are the accidents I have been able to identify. I'm sure there were many more that I will uncover and add to the list and also that the vast majority of accidents will never be uncovered.

1864
Date	Railroad(s)	Source	Report
1/16	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 1/18	NP, RD 1-18-64
1/16	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 1/19	NP, RD 1-19-64
2/4	Virginia & Tennessee	Richmond Dispatch 2/9	NP, RD 2-9-64
2/8	North Carolina	Richmond Dispatch 2/15	NP, RD 2-15-64
2/8	Wilmington & Weldon	Richmond Dispatch 2/13	NP, RD 2-13A-64
2/8	Richmond & Petersburg	Richmond Dispatch 2/9	NP, RD 2-9-64
3/1	Virginia Central	Annual Report	An axle broke under the ladies' car, causing the car to be thrown from the track and overturned. Several persons were riding on the platforms; one of these was killed and another had his leg fractured. The axle was new and had been recently put under the car.
3/9	Savannah, Albany & Gulf	Macon Telegraph 3/16	NP, MT 3-16-64
3/22	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 3/24	NP, RD 3-24-64
3/27	Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac	Richmond Dispatch 3/28	NP, RD 3-28-64
3/27	Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac	Richmond Dispatch 3/29	NP, RD 3-29-64
4/8	Richmond & Petersburg	Richmond Dispatch 4/11	NP, RD 4-11-64
4/8	Richmond & Petersburg	Carolina Watchman 4/18	NP, CW 4-18A-64
4/9	North Carolina	Greensboro Patriot 4/14	NP, GP 4-14A-64
4/15	Virginia & Tennessee	Annual Report	Four soldiers of the 51st Ga. regt. were injured by troop train running off the track near Shawsville while going east -- conductor, E. G. Scruggs; engineer, J. B. Smith -- all recovered.
4/26	North Carolina	Carolina Watchman 5/2	NP, CW 5-2-64
4/27	Alabama & Mississippi Rivers	Richmond Dispatch 4/28	NP, RD 4-28-64
4/28	Virginia & Tennessee	Annual Report	Colored brakeman named Jim, the property of W. M. Hite, while coupling cars at Glade Spring, was caught between them, and so injured that he died.
4/30	Mobile & Ohio	Mobile Advertiser & Register 5/1	NP, MAR 5-1-64
5/18	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 5/19	NP, RD 5-19-64
		Richmond Dispatch 5/20	NP, RD 5-20-64
		Richmond Dispatch 5/23	NP, RD 5-23-64
5/24	Alabama & Mississippi Rivers	Mobile Advertiser & Register 5/26	NP, MAR 5-26-64
5/25	Unknown	Richmond Dispatch 5/27	NP, RD 5-27-64
6/3	Petersburg	Richmond Dispatch 6/4	NP, RD 6-4-64
6/9	South Carolina	South Carolinian 6/11	NP, SC 6-11-64
7/2	Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac	Richmond Dispatch 7/4	NP, RD 7-4-64
7/10	Atlanta & West Point	Augusta Constitutionalist 7/15	NP, AC 7-15-64
7/11	Georgia	Augusta Constitutionalist 7/12	NP, AC 7-12A-64
7/17	North Carolina	Raleigh Conservative 7/20	NP, RCS 7-20B-64
7/17	North Carolina	Raleigh Conservative 7/28	NP, RCS 7-27-64
7/17	North Carolina	Carolina Watchman 7/18	NP, CW 7-18-64
7/18	Macon & Western	Richmond Dispatch 7/20	NP, RD 7-20-64
7/23	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 7/25	NP, RD 7-25-64
7/31	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 8/3	NP, RD 8-3-64
8/24	Alabama & Tennessee River	Talladega Alabama Reporter 8/25	NP, TAR 8-25-64
9/1	Macon & Western	Annual Report	A collision occurred two miles above Barnesville between the engines Dispatch down with a train of wounded for Macon, and the engine Governor up with a train of commissary stores for Griffin, both being irregular, and the latter running under military direction, both engines were seriously crippled, and three box and one passenger car demolished; about thirty lives lost and many more seriously injured. Had the orders given from this office been regarded, the collision would not have occurred.
9/13	South Western	Richmond Dispatch 9/16	NP, RD 9-16-64
9/29	Virginia & Tennessee	Lynchburg Virginian 10/1	NP, LV 10-1-64
10/1	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 10/3	NP, RD 10-3-64
10/1	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Sentinel 10/3	NP, RS 10-3-64
10/4	Unknown	Richmond Dispatch 10/5	NP, RD 10-5-64
10/26	Virginia & Tennessee	Annual Report	Mr. W. C. Hooper, engineman, upon the engine, E. H. Gill, on mail train going west, had his leg broken by his engine running off the track. Cause -- broken truck wheel. He has recovered.
10/26	Virginia & Tennessee	Lynchburg Virginian 10/27	NP, LV 10-27-64
10/26	Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac	Richmond Whig 10/27	NP, RW 10-27-64
		Richmond Sentinel 10/27	NP, RS 10-27-64
		Richmond Dispatch 10/27	NP, RD 10-27-64
10/29	Virginia & Tennessee	Annual Report	Felix Newman, fireman, while going west, on mail train, to join his engine, attempted to get upon the pilot of the engine at Bonsack's, fell under and was run over by the engine and killed.
11/4	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 11/5	NP, RD 11-5-64
11/4	Richmond & Petersburg	Richmond Dispatch 11/5	NP, RD 11-5-64
11/8	Piedmont	Lynchburg Virginian 11/11	NP, LV 11-11-64
11/19	Richmond & Danville	Richmond Dispatch 11/25	NP, RD 11-25A-64
11/22	South Carolina	Augusta Constitutionalist 11/23	NP, AC 11-23-64
11/23	Savannah, Albany & Gulf	Augusta Constitutionalist 11/30	NP, AC 11-30-64
11/27	Virginia & Tennessee	Annual Report	Randell Spinney, colored man, while passing from one car to another, in a state of intoxication, fell between them, was run over and killed.
11/27	Piedmont or Richmond & Danville	Raleigh Confederate 12/2	NP, RCF 12-2-64
11/30	Virginia Central	Annual Report	By the explosion of locomotive "E. Fontaine," at Wickham's crossing, James Ramsey, engineer, was instantly killed.
11/30	Virginia Central	Richmond Dispatch 12/1	NP, RD 12-1-64
12/1	Virginia & Tennessee	Annual Report	Allen Langhorne, colored brakeman, on freight train, fell between the cars at forty mile tank, was run over and killed.
12/6?	Piedmont	Greensboro Patriot 12/8	NP, GP 12-8-64
12/8	North Carolina or Western North Carolina	Raleigh Confederate 12/14	NP, RCF 12-14-64
about 12/12	Washington County	Houston Telegraph 12/14	NP, HT 12-14-64
12/23	Virginia & Tennessee	Lynchburg Virginian 12/26	NP, LV 12-26-64
12/31	South Carolina	Augusta Constitutionalist 1/4	NP, AC 1-4A-65
?/?	Virginia Central	Annual Report	Mr. Patrick Hunt, while walking on the track in the city of Richmond, was overtaken by the accommodation train, descending to the station without the locomotive (which had just been detached), knocked down, and had his foot so seriously injured that amputation was thought necessary.