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Entries in blue are references
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| William Shepperd Ashe -- Major &
Assistant Quartermaster |
| January 1, 1861 |
Started the war as President of the Wilmington &
Weldon RR |
| July 18, 1861 |
Appointed to superintend railroad transportation of
troops and military stores on all the railroads in the Confederacy.
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| September 25, 1861 |
Sent on a trip to secure locomotives and cars for use
on the East Tennessee & Virginia RR
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| October 4, 1861 |
Held a railroad convention in
Chattanooga
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| October 17, 1861 |
Held railroad convention in Knoxville
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| November 18, 1861 |
Authorized priority for
transportation of iron for Tredegar
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| March 1, 1862 |
Sends Capt. Morfit to forward
Government freight throughout the Confederacy
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| March 8, 1862 |
Capt. Morfit ordered to car
makers
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| April 19, 1862 |
Appointed to buy small arms from
the citizens of North Carolina
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| May 2, 1862 |
Shop tools issued to the
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR under orders from him.
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| June 26, 1862 |
Major Morfit ordered to take over the duties Major
Ashe had performed
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| Before July 1, 1862 |
Gave a shipping authority to an
agent who was later investigated.
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| August 21, 1862 |
Notice posted to stop buying arms under his authority.
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| September 14, 1862 |
Run into and killed by a locomotive while operating a
hand car on his own railroad.
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