| 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. |
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| 1865 |
| Date |
Railroad(s) |
Source |
Report |
| 1/2 |
Macon & Brunswick |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 1/6 |
NP, AC 1-6-65 |
| 1/2 |
Montgomery & West
Point |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 1/7 |
NP, AC 1-7B-65 |
| 1/6 |
Alabama &
Tennessee River |
Letter |
UA, SIW 1-7-65 |
| 1/26 |
Georgia |
Raleigh Confederate
2/1 |
NP, RCF 2-1-65 |
| 1/26 |
North Carolina |
Carolina Observer 2/6 |
NP, CO 2-6A-65 |
| 1/27 |
Piedmont |
Richmond Dispatch 2/2 |
NP, RD 2-2A-65 |
| 2/4 |
South Carolina |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 2/7 |
NP, AC 2-7-65 |
| 2/4 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 2/10 |
NP, AC 2-10A-65 |
| 2/6 |
Piedmont |
Lynchburg Virginian
2/8 |
NP, LV 2-8-65 |
| 2/21 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 2/24 |
NP, AC 2-24-65 |
| 2/22 |
Galveston, Houston
& Henderson |
Houston Telegraph
2/24 |
NP, HT 2-24-65 |
| 3/7 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Annual Report |
John O'Brien, while the passenger
train was being made up in the Lynchburg yard, attempted to
get upon it as it passed him; he was run over and his leg was
badly crushed. |
| Lynchburg Virginian
3/8 |
NP, LV 3-8-65 |
| 3/9 |
Unknown |
Richmond Dispatch
3/10 |
NP, RD 3-10-65 |
| 3/10 |
Georgia |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/12 |
NP, AC 3-12-65 |
| 3/18 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/24 |
NP, AC 3-24-65 |
| 3/22 |
Georgia |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/23 |
NP, AC 3-23-65 |
| 3/26 |
Georgia |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/28 |
NP, AC 3-28-65 |
| 3/29 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Annual Report |
| Material train, J. W. Gills,
conductor, Peyton Burkett, engineman, engine Reindeer, while
returning from Evergreen, on the South Side Railroad, with a
train of lumber, broke through a bridge near Concord; J. W.
Gills, conductor, had thigh broken and knee cut -- recovered.
Peyton Burkett, engineman, injured internally -- died. J. W.
Holleran, carpenter, injured -- recovered. Thos. Majors, train
hand, injured slightly -- recovered. Henry Gills, train Hand,
injured internally -- died. The engine was badly injured, and
two box freight and four platform cars demolished. |
|
| 4/5 |
Richmond &
Danville |
Raleigh Confederate
4/6 |
NP, RCF 4-6-65 |
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