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Compiled by the National Archivists before the
microfilming of the Civil War records.
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Entries in blue are my
additions and references ("Diary" is from the T. R. Sharp
Diary, 1861-1863, located at Virginia Tech University;
"Tredegar Shop Records" are located at the Library of
Virginia)
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| April 2, 1861 |
Mentioned as a
candidate to become the Superintendent of the Richmond Gas Works
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| Thomas R. Sharp -- Captain
& Assistant Quarter Master; Superintendent of Rail Road |
| June 18, 1861 |
Appointed an Agent of the
Quartermaster Department Confederate States Army and instructed by
the Quarter Master General to proceed to the
Baltimore & Ohio RR at Harpers Ferry or any other point, and
return to the line of the Manassas Gap RR any Locomotives, cars or
other RR machinery or material that could be secured. (Diary)
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| July 25, 1861 |
80th Baltimore & Ohio RR car
reached Strasburg, Va. (Diary) |
| August 2, 1861 |
Departed Leesburg, Va.
for Piedmont Depot {Manassas Gap RR} with two Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotives (Diary)
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| August 10, 1861 |
Assistance requested
for his present venture
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| August 29, 1861 |
Secretary of War mentions Mr. T. R. Sharp, agent of
Quarter Master Department |
| September 4, 1861 |
Lt. Col. Ashby, commanding near Harper's Ferry,
mentions the detail from his troops to protect Mr. Sharp, now
removing engines, etc. from Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
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| September 6, 1861 |
Detail of troops ordered as guard to the part near
Winchester under Capt. T. R. Sharp, Acting Quarter Master |
| September 11, 1861 |
Made a contract with the
President of the Winchester & Potomac RR to supply 3,000 tons of
rail
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| September 18, 1861 |
Requested by
Tredegar to help them get old iron rails from Martinsburg
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| October 3, 1861 |
Accepted position of Chief
Engineer of Winchester & Potomac RR (Diary; See LVA, TRED 10-23-61) |
| October 5, 1861 |
Directed by the Quarter Master
General to send to Richmond all the Baltimore & Ohio RR cars he
can for use on the Virginia Central RR
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| October 11, 1861 |
Issued "Public
Property" to the Manassas Gap RR. {Property must have been
Baltimore & Ohio RR material}
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| October 15, 1861 |
Appointed, from Virginia, Captain & Assistant
Quarter Master, to report to the Quarter Master General, accepted
the same date. (Diary) |
| October 14, 1861 |
Delivered the
Alexandria, Loudon & Hampshire RR locomotive C. P. Manning
(renamed General Johnston) to the Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac RR
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| December 12, 1861 |
Issued 5 locomotives
and a large amount of material and tools to the Orange &
Alexandria RR {Like the Manassas Gap RR, this road had lost its
shops when Alexandria was captured in early 1861. The locomotives
are Baltimore & Ohio RR equipment and the rest of the issue must
have also been from the B&O}
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| December 21, 1861 |
Ordered by Major Ashe to turn
over supplies to the Orange & Alexandria RR
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| VALLEY DISTRICT |
| November 4, 1861 to February 21, 1862 |
General Jackson, commanding the Valley District, says
that during the illness of Major Harman, Chief Quarter Master, his
duties devolved upon Capt. T. R. Sharp |
| December 1, 1861 |
Issued railroad rails and
materials to the Winchester & Potomac RR
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| December 2, 1861 |
General Jackson mentions Capt. Sharp, Assistant
Quarter Master, who is removing track near Martinsburg.
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| December 5-6, 1861 |
Removed Baltimore & Ohio RR
cars from Harpers Ferry, Va. (Diary) |
| December 31, 1861 |
Appointed Acting Chief Quarter
Master of the Valley District by General Jackson (Diary) |
| 1862 |
In making a report concerning expenditures of 2nd
Quarter, Capt. Sharp says, "I acted only under orders of the
Quarter Master General and reported to him. I regarded him my
commanding officer." He also says, "Having been ordered to
establish shops for repairing locomotives and cars,..." |
| January 25, 1862 |
Directed by the Quarter Master
General to resume his operations against the equipment of the
Baltimore & Ohio RR as soon as possible
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| February 1, 1862 |
Ordered by Quartermaster General
to complete a railroad from a point to Centreville, Va.
(Diary)
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| February ?, 1862 |
Purchased 3
locomotive axles from Tredegar Iron Works and had them sent to the
Virginia Central RR shops {certainly for the repair of Baltimore
& Ohio RR locomotives} (Tredegar Shop Records) |
| March 1, 1862 |
Appointed Military
Superintendent of the Military RR (to Centreville) (Diary) |
| March 9, 1862 |
Departed Manassas on last train
as General Johnston evacuates the Manassas/Centreville
position (Diary) |
| March 12, 1862 |
Accepted the position of General
Superintendent of the Charlotte & South Carolina RR
(Diary) |
| March 13, 1862 |
Relieved of position as
Superintendent of Military RR (Diary) |
| March 15, 1862 |
Assigned to duty in the Quarter
Master General's Office (Diary) |
| March 17, 1862 |
Ordered to Weldon, N. C. by the
Quarter Master General (Diary) |
| April 1, 1862 |
Directed by General Johnston to
collect convicts and slaves to lengthen sidings on the Virginia
Central RR so that troop trains could pass each other
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| April 4-5, 1862 |
Hauled Manassas Gap RR
locomotive No. 3 through Richmond and placed it on the Richmond
& York River RR |
| April 6, 1862 |
Fell into a culvert at the
Virginia Central RR depot in Richmond and broke his left leg
(Diary) |
| April 23, 1862 |
Returned to work at the Quarter
Master General's Office, on crutches (Diary)
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| April 24, 1862 |
Virginia Central RR
ordered to turn over to Sharp all Baltimore & Ohio RR and
Manassas Gap RR locomotives and cars not required for Government
transportation on the Virginia Central RR
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| May 2, 1862 |
In Winchester,
issued shop tools to the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
under orders of Col. Ashe
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| May 13, 1862 |
Purchased 422
50#/yard T-rails (each 21 feet long; total of 8/10 mile of track)
total weight of 148,000# (74 tons) (Tredegar Shop Records) |
| May 28-29, 1862 |
Hauled two locomotives (one was
the Richmond & York River RR's Atlantic) from the Richmond &
York River RR to the Richmond & Petersburg RR (Diary) |
| June 10, 1862 |
Requested (from
Richmond) transportation for wheels & axles
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| June 11, 1862 |
Shipped 30 tons of T
rails from Tredegar south on the Richmond & Petersburg RR
(Tredegar Shop Records) |
| June 19, 1862 |
Shipped 3 tons of T
rails from Tredegar south on the Richmond & Petersburg RR
(Tredegar Shop Records) |
| June 20, 1862 |
Shipped 3 tons of T
rails from Tredegar south on the Richmond & Petersburg RR
(Tredegar Shop Records) |
| LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS, RALEIGH,
N. C. |
| June 20-25, 1862 |
Makes journey from Richmond to Company
Shops, N. C. and Raleigh, N. C.
Apparently at this time he established repair shops for locomotives
and cars at Raleigh, under orders of the Quarter Master General
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| July 2, 1862 |
Rented the old machine shop of
the Raleigh & Gaston RR in Raleigh for use as Confederate
Government Locomotive Shop, repairing government locomotives and
cars (Diary)
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| August 4, 1862 |
His suggestion approved by the
Quarter Master General for Sharp to control the use and assignment
of Government locomotives and cars
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| August through
December, 1862 |
Purchased 17,000# of
iron bars of the type used for railroad and rolling stock
maintenance (Tredegar Shop Records) |
| August 9, 1862 |
Ordered by the Quarter Master
General to conduct an investigation into the reason for the delay of
shipments from Charleston, S. C. to Raleigh, N. C.
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| September 19, 1862 |
Executed his official bond as a
Quarter Master (Diary) |
| October 13, 1862 |
Advertised for a
foreman for the Locomotive Shop
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| October 24 - November 10, 1862 |
Took a trip through Augusta,
Montgomery, Mobile and Atlanta looking for locomotives and cars to
lease. Leased 2 locomotives and 30 cars from the Memphis & Ohio
RR (Diary) |
| November 3, 1862 |
As Quarter Master, approved the
lease of locomotives and cars for late 1862
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| December 12, 1862 |
At Raleigh, N. C., signs as Captain & Assistant
Quarter Master, in Charge of C. S. Locomotive Shops
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| December 31, 1862 |
At Raleigh, N. C., signs as Captain & Assistant
Quarter Master |
| February 2, 1863 |
Col. Wadley called at the Shops and informed
Sharp that the Secretary of War had ordered the Shops be closed and the material and property be turned over to him.
(Diary) |
| February 8, 1863 |
Between this date
and May 13, 1863, turned over Locomotive Shop equipment and supplies
to Major Sims
| NA, RRB 2-8-63 |
| NA, RRB 2-20-63 |
| NA, RRB 2-24-63 |
| NA, RRB 2-28-63 |
| NA, RRB 3-21-63 |
| NA, RRB 3-25-63 |
| NA, RRB 3-31-63 |
| NA, RRB 4-7-63 |
| NA, RRB 5-13-63 |
| NA, RRB 3-31B-64 |
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| February 11, 1863 |
Reports that he has 112 good
hands that need to be reassigned now that the Locomotive Shop is
closing
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| February 27, 1863 |
Offers to sell
Tredegar 2 cars
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| March 10, 1863 |
Captain & Assistant Quarter Master, ordered to
relieve Captain Venable, Assistant Quarter Master at Weldon, N. C. |
| March 19, 1863 |
Captain Troutman, Assistant Quarter Master, ordered to
relieve Captain T. R. Sharp, Assistant Quarter Master, at Weldon, N.
C. Captain Sharp, when relieved, will report as temporary
Superintendent of the Charlotte & South Carolina Rail Road. This
order was requested by General Lee, January 23, 1863 (Diary)
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| March 25, 1863 |
Arrived in Columbia, S. C. to
take up his duties as Superintendent of the Charlotte & South
Carolina RR (Diary) |
| May 25, 1863 |
Quarter Master General directed
Sharp to taker control of all Government freight passing through
Columbia, S. C.
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| May 27, 1863 |
All railroad property at Raleigh, N. C. is in the
hands of Capt. T. R. Sharp, Assistant Quarter Master |
| June 19, 1863 |
Ordered to report to
the Quarter Master General all railroad property that had not been
turned over to Colonel Wadley (ie Major Sims)
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| June 25, 1863 |
Was allowed to
retain staff for his use in Columbia, S. C.
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| June 30, 1863 |
Reported the items
consumed and produced by the Locomotive Shop during the May through
June 1863 quarter
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| SOUTH CAROLINA & NORTH
CAROLINA |
| July 21, 1863 |
Mentioned as Captain & Assistant Quarter Master at
Columbia, S. C. |
| July 27, 1863 |
Addressed at Columbia, S. C. Receives orders from
General Beauregard |
| October 19,1863 |
As Superintendent of the
Charlotte & South Carolina RR, tried to buy a locomotive from
Major Sims and the Railroad Bureau |
| November 16, 1863 |
Mentioned as Superintendent of Charlotte & South
Carolina Railroad |
| December 9, 1863 |
Quarter Master General required
Sharp to explain how he could do both the Quarter Master job and the
Superintendent of the Charlotte & South Carolina RR job at the
same time
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| December 22, 1863 |
Looking for arms for
guards
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| December 31, 1863 |
Still the Superintendent of the
Charlotte & South Carolina RR at the end of the year and at the
end of the Diary (Diary) |
| February 11, 1864 |
Still Superintendent of the
Charlotte & South Carolina RR
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| June 27, 1864 |
Elected Major and Assistant
Quarter Master of Columbia Local Defense Regiment of South Carolina
State Troops
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| July 30, 1864 |
Resigned as Major and Assistant
Quarter Master of the Columbia Local Defense Regiment when the
Quarter Master General determined that such a position would
conflict with his Confederate Quarter Master position
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| August 18, 1864 |
Quarter Master General increased
his control over Government transportation in Columbia, S. C.
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| September 15, 1864 |
Captain & Assistant Quarter Master, reports under
General Order #71 |
| September 16, 1864 |
Informed by Lt. Col Sims that he
was to perform the Railroad Bureau's business on the Charlotte &
South Carolina RR and the Greenville & Columbia RR
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| September 28, 1864 |
Inspectors Report of Capt.
Sharp's office states that he is engaged in no other business (ie he
must not have still been Superintendent of the Charlotte & South
Carolina RR)
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| October 27, 1864 |
Sharp's transportation
responsibilities reiterated by the Quarter Master General
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| October 31, 1864 |
Inspectors Report of Quarter Master Department at
Columbia, S. C. gives Captain Thomas R. Sharp, Assistant Quarter
Master, in charge of personnel, freight & local transportation |
| February 15, 1865 |
Captain & Assistant Quarter Master, Transportation
Office, Columbia, S. C.
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| February 17, 1865 to March 21, 1865 |
Captain & Assistant Quarter Master in South
Carolina, later in North Carolina, receiving orders from General
Beauregard |
| April 2, 1865 |
Mentioned as Captain & Superintendent of railroads
at Salisbury, N. C. |
| April 8, 1865 |
Addressed as Captain & Quarter Master at
Salisbury, N. C. |
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