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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, here;
"Tredegar Shop Records" are located at the Library of
Virginia)
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Photo from the Eden, N. C.
Historical Museum
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Thomas Robinson Sharp was born in Mount Carbon,
Pa. February 22, 1834, when his father was Superintendent of the Danville
& Pottsville RR. His father, Thomas P. Sharp, was Superintendent
of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR from 1840 to 1853.
Thomas R. was assistant to the Superintendent of the Virginia &
Tennessee RR from April, 1853-May, 1854. Thomas R. was an assistant
Superintendent of the East Tennessee & Virginia RR from May to
November, 1854. From April, 1855 to January, 1856, Thomas R. was an
assistant to the Superintendent of the Richmond & Petersburg RR.
From April, 1857 to June 30, 1859, he was assistant Superintendent
of one of the Alabama & Florida Railroads. From October 1859 to
June 18, 1860, he was Superintendent of the Richmond & York
River RR (under construction when he joined it).
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Thomas Robinson's middle name was
probably in honor of Moncure Robinson, brother of Conway, Edwin and
Wirt Robinson, of Richmond. Robinson had been the Surveyor and Chief
Engineer of the Danville & Pottsville RR during its construction
in the 1830's. He probably had a say in the hiring of Thomas P. as
Superintendent upon the completion of the road. In 1839, Moncure
became President of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR
and invited Thomas P. to come be his Superintendent. Thomas P. left
the R. F. & P. RR to become the General Superintendent of the
Virginia & Tennessee RR in 1853 and made Thomas R. an assistant
to himself.
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Sharp's wife was Gertrude E.
(Marsh), born July 24, 1835 in Virginia. In the 1860 census, Thomas
and Gertrude were living with Gertrude's parents (Joseph P and Lucy
C. Marsh) and her sister (Julia A.) in Richmond.
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Thomas Sharp died July 28, 1909
and is buried in Eden, N. C.
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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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| Map
of the area of operations during the removal of the B&O RR
locomotives |
| June 28, 1861 |
Told to offer 3
locomotives to Manassas Gap RR and Orange & Alexandria RR
|
| July 2, 1861 |
Ordered to deliver 2
locomotives to the Manassas Gap RR
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| July 8, 1861 |
Given permission to
spend to support his orders
|
| July 25, 1861 |
80th Baltimore & Ohio RR car
reached Strasburg, Va. (Diary) |
| July 30, 1861 |
Departed Leesburg, Va.
for Piedmont Depot {Manassas Gap RR} with two Alexander, Loudoun
& Hampshire RR locomotives and cars. (Diary)
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| August 10, 1861 |
Assistance requested
for his present venture
|
| August 13, 1861 |
Ordered to turn over
the Alexander, Loudoun & Hampshire RR locomotives to the
Virginia Central RR and the Orange & Alexandria RR
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| August 21, 1861 |
Some Baltimore &
Ohio RR locomotives arrived in Winchester
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| August 23, 1861 |
Plans for removed
iron
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| August 29, 1861 |
Secretary of War mentions Mr. T. R. Sharp, agent of
Quarter Master Department
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| September 2, 1861 |
A Baltimore &
Ohio RR locomotive arrived in Winchester
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| 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 7, 1861 |
Issued the
Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire RR locomotive to Virginia
Central RR as the General Beauregard
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| September 9, 1861 |
Ordered to turn over
Martinsburg machinery
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| 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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| September 30, 1861 |
Paid for teamster
services and hay
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| October 3, 1861 |
Accepted position of Chief
Engineer of Winchester & Potomac RR (Diary; 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
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| Three locomotives
and other cars shipped from Gordonsville to Richmond
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| 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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| October 15, 1861 |
Appointed, from Virginia, Captain & Assistant
Quarter Master, to report to the Quarter Master General, accepted
the same date. (Diary) |
| October 15, 1861 -
March 15, 1862 |
Paid for fuel for
self in Winchester
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| October 17, 1861 |
Ordered to turn over
to Ordnance Bureau car wheels, axles, and iron
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| October 31, 1861 |
Paid bill for months
of hauling of Baltimore & Ohio RR engines and equipment
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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
| Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 5, page 394 |
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| December 1, 1861 |
Delivered rails 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 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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| December 22, 1861 |
Ordered to deliver 4
miles of Baltimore & Ohio RR iron to Strasburg
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| December 31, 1861 |
Appointed Acting Chief Quarter
Master of the Valley District by General Jackson (Diary) and
acted as such
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| Turned over scrap
iron to Tredegar
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Paid bill for months
of hauling of Baltimore & Ohio RR engines and equipment
| NA, RRB 11-30-61 |
| NA,
RRB 11-30A-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31A-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31B-61 |
| NA, RRB 12-31C-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31D-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31E-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31H-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31I-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31J-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31K-61 |
| NA,
RRB 12-31L-61 |
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| 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..." {The
document covers from the summer of 1861 to the fall of 1862}
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| January 9, 1862 |
Pays for services of
wagon and team
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| Paid for meals for
teamsters
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| January 18, 1862 |
Purchases two horses
in Winchester
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| January 20, 1862 |
Issued Baltimore
& Ohio RR material to the Orange & Alexandria RR
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| 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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| January 31, 1862 |
Repairing CS and
Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotives
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| February 3, 1862 |
Ordered by Quartermaster General
to complete a railroad from a point to Centreville, Va.
(Diary)
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| Centreville RR
Map |
| February 4, 1862 |
Paid for use of
horses
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| February 13, 1862 |
Listed as assigned
to Valley District to remove Baltimore & Ohio RR machinery, but
currently at Centreville
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| Ordered brass bell
made
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| February 22, 1862 |
Paid for labor, wagon,
horses and wagon bed
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| February 28, 1862 |
Paid for labor,
horses and harnesses for
removing Baltimore & Ohio RR material
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| February 28, 1862 |
Date of bill for
shipment of likely Baltimore & Ohio RR rails on the Montgomery
& West Point RR
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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)
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| Purchased horses,
wagon and harnesses
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| Received spikes -
nails
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| March 7, 1862 |
Appears to sign for
shoes
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| March 8, 1862 |
Paid for meals for
men removing Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotives
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| March 9, 1862 |
Departed Manassas on last train
as General Johnston evacuates the Manassas/Centreville
position (Diary) |
| Centreville
RR (abandoned) March 1862 |
| March 10, 1862 |
Paid Engineer running
Manassas Gap RR Locomotive No. 2 on the Orange & Alexandria RR
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| 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) |
| March 19, 1862 |
Paid for repairs of
2 wagons used in removing Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotives
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| March 27, 1862 |
Purchased castings
to repair Baltimore & Ohio RR and Manassas Gap RR locomotives
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| March 3, 1862
to June 30, 1862 |
Paid bill for
repairing CS locomotives in Virginia Central RR shops
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Paid bill for months
of hauling of Baltimore & Ohio RR and Manassas Gap RR engines and equipment
| NA,
RRB 3-8C-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-9-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-28-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-28A-62 |
| NA,
LS 3-31A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31B-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31C-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31D-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31E-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31F-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31G-62 |
| NA, RRB 3-31H-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31I-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31J-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31K-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31L-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31M-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31N-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31O-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31P-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31Q-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31R-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31S-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31U-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31V-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31W-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31X-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31Y-62 |
| NA,
RRB 3-31Z-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-18A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-21-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-23-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-26-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30B-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30C-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30D-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30E-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30F-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30G-62 |
| NA,
RRB 4-30H-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-18-62 |
| NA,
RR 5-19-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-19-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-20-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-20A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-20B-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-20C-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-20D-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-20E-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-22-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-23A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-31F-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-31G-62 |
| NA,
RRB 5-31J-62 |
| NA,
RRB 6-24A-62 |
| NA,
RRB 6-30-62 |
| NA,
RRB 6-30A-62 |
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| 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
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| April 6, 1862 |
Fell into a culvert at the
Virginia Central RR depot in Richmond and broke his left leg
(Diary)
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| April 22, 1862 |
Purchased brass
castings
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| 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 5, 1862 |
Repaired Baltimore
& Ohio RR locomotive
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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 23, 1862 |
Purchased horses and
wagon that had been used in hauling Baltimore & Ohio RR
locomotives and machinery
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| May 26, 1862 |
Purchased supplies
from the Manassas Gap RR
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| 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) |
| May 31, 1862 |
Paid for repairs to
Cars
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| Paid for Fireman on CS
locomotive
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| Paid Foreman for 2
months
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| Paid for Clerk
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| List of horses lost
hauling locomotives
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| Paid for CS Conductor
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| 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 17, 1862 |
Paid locomotive
engineer
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| Paid for installing
a turntable in Richmond
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| 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) |
| Wrote status of
Manassas Gap RR cars taken by the government and the government's
intention regarding them
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| June 23, 1862 |
Paid for repairs to
Locomotive #83
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| LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS, RALEIGH,
N. C. |
| June 20-25, 1862 |
Made 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. He
may have taken over the shop described in the 4/4/62 letter.
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| June 24, 1862 |
Received supplies
for repairs to locomotives for the Piedmont RR
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| Paid for wagon and
team
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| June 25, 1862 |
Paid for repairs to a
RR bridge in Richmond
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| June 28, 1862 |
Paid for Engineer on
Joseph R. Anderson
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| June 30, 1862 |
Paid laborers for
Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotive repairs
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| Paid for use of shop
and tools repairing CS locomotives and use of locomotive on CS track
at Petersburg
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| Paid for rental of
Manassas Gap RR rolling stock
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| Paid for Clerk
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| Paid for CS Conductor
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| July 1, 1862 -
September 30, 1862 |
Paid for rooms and
fuel for self in Raleigh
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| July 1, 1862 |
Informs that he will
only need 15 tons pig iron each of the next two months
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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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| July 7, 1862 |
Locomotive and 6
cars of machinery hauled on the Richmond & Petersburg RR --
probably to the newly established Locomotive Shop
|
| July 24, 1862 |
Paid for use of
locomotive on Petersburg track
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| July 28, 1862 |
Traded crucibles for
pig iron
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| July 31, 1862 |
Paid laborers' wages
at the Locomotive Shop
| NA,
LS 7-30-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31A-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31B-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31C-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31D-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31E-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31G-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31H-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31I-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31J-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31K-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31L-62 |
| NA,
LS 7-31M-62 |
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| Paid for Conductor
on Government trains
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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.
|
| August 31, 1862 |
Paid Locomotive Shop
labor
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| September 8, 1862 |
Locomotives
left by McClellan on the Peninsula were sent to the Locomotive Shop
for repairs.
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| September 10, 1862 |
Wood and water
bought on the Raleigh & Gaston RR for a train
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| September 17, 1862 |
2 Locomotives hauled
on the Richmond & Petersburg RR were probably captured
locomotives enroute to the Locomotive Shop
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| September 19, 1862 |
Executed his official bond as a
Quarter Master (Diary) |
| September 20, 1862 |
Made purchases from
Tredegar and CS Ordinance Department
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| September 26, 1862 |
Purchased castings
from the Raleigh & Gaston RR
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| September 27, 1862 |
Paid for rental of 3
Manassas Gap locomotives
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| September 30, 1862 |
Purchased 55 tons
old T-rail from Virginia Central RR
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Paid for labor at Confederate Locomotive Shop
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Purchased tools
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| October 1, 1862 |
Purchased supplies
from the Atlantic & North Carolina RR
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| October 3, 1862 |
Purchased a horse (a
late entry from the Locomotive Haul?)
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| October 4, 1862 |
Purchased a clock
for the Locomotive Shops
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| October 13, 1862 |
Advertised for a
foreman for the Locomotive Shop
|
| October 21, 1862 |
Requested North
Carolina RR move lime barrels
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| October 31, 1862 |
Purchased 126,000
feet of lumber in Raleigh
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Paid for labor
removing captured property from the Orange & Alexandria RR
| NA,
RR 10-31-62 |
| NA,
RRB 10-31C-62 |
| NA,
RRB 10-31D-62 |
| NA,
RRB 10-31E-62 |
| NA,
RRB 10-31F-62 |
| NA,
RR 11-30-62 |
| NA,
RRB 11-30C-62 |
| NA,
RRB 11-30D-62 |
| NA,
RRB 11-30E-62 |
| NA,
RRB 11-30F-62 |
| NA,
RRB 11-30H-62 |
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| Paid Engineer /
Fireman on
Confederate locomotives
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Paid for labor at the
Confederate Locomotive Shop
| NA,
LS 10-31-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31B-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31C-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31D-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31E-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31F-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31H-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31I-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31J-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31K-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31L-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31M-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31N-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-31O-62 |
|
| November 3, 1862 |
As Quarter Master, approved the
lease of locomotives and cars for late 1862
|
| November 7, 1862 |
Purchased supplies
for the Locomotive Shop
| NA,
LS 10-22-62 |
| NA,
LS 10-28-62 |
| NA,
LS 11-7-62 |
| NA,
LS 11-10-62 |
| NA,
LS 11-20-62 |
| NA,
LS 12-1-62 |
| NA,
LS 12-3-62 |
| NA,
LS 12-12-62 |
| NA,
LS 12-20-62 |
| NA,
LS 2-2A-63 |
|
| November 30, 1862 |
Paid Locomotive Shop
labor
|
| Paid Conductor on
Government trains
|
| December 4, 1862 |
Disabled rolling
stock that was transported over the Richmond & Petersburg RR
this date may have been enroute to the Locomotive Shops
|
| December 9, 1862 |
Bought 2 ambulance
cars and a locomotive from Virginia Central RR
|
| December 12, 1862 |
At Raleigh, N. C., signs as Captain & Assistant
Quarter Master, in Charge of C. S. Locomotive Shops
|
| December 30, 1862 |
Bought brass
castings
|
| December 31, 1862 |
At Raleigh, N. C., signs as Captain & Assistant
Quarter Master |
| Purchased castings
and supplies from the Raleigh & Gaston RR
|
| Paid for Locomotive
Shop Labor
|
| In clearing up old
accounts, identified many who worked on the Baltimore & Ohio RR
haul and in the Locomotive Shop and are not identified in any other
existing record
|
| Paid for rental of 2
Richmond & York River RR locomotives
|
| January 1, 1863 |
Purchased 7 1/2 tons
of pig iron
|
| Paid CS Conductor
|
| January 1, 1863 -
November 1, 1863 |
Rented shops and
equipment for the Locomotive Shop
|
| January 22, 1863 |
Shipped grindstone
to Richmond
|
| January 27, 1863 |
Paid bills for work
by Tredegar
|
| January 29, 1863 |
Bought supplies and
castings
|
| January 30, 1863 |
Bought brass
castings
|
| January 31, 1863 |
Paid laborer at
Locomotive Shop
| NA,
LS 1-31-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31B-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31C-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31D-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31E-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31F-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31G-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31H-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31I-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31J-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31K-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31L-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31M-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31N-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31O-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31P-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31Q-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31R-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31S-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31T-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31U-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31V-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31W-63 |
| NA,
LS 1-31X-63 |
|
| Paid for hands on CS
train
|
| 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. Sharp
informed his workers. (Diary) |
| Paid labor at
Locomotive Shop
|
| February 3, 1863 |
Pays for repairs to
CS Locomotive Huger in Petersburg
|
| February 6, 1863 |
Paid CS conductor
|
| Sold Machine
|
| February 8, 1863 |
Between this date
and June 1, 1863, turned over Locomotive Shop equipment and supplies
to Major Sims
| NA, RRB 2-8-63 |
| NA,
RRB 2-10-63 |
| 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,
LS 4-7-63 |
| NA, RRB 4-7-63 |
| NA,
LS 4-30-63 |
| NA, RRB 5-13-63 |
| NA,
LS 5-22-63 |
| NA, RRB
5-26-63 |
| NA,
LS 6-1-63 |
| NA, RRB 3-31B-64 |
|
| February 11, 1863 |
Reports that he has good
hands that need to be reassigned now that the Locomotive Shop is
closing
|
| February 16, 1863 |
Bought lumber
|
| February 20, 1863 |
Had plan to
distribute hundreds of car wheels
|
| February 27, 1863 |
Offers to sell
Tredegar 2 cars
|
| February 28, 1863 |
Paid Locomotive Shop
labor
| NA,
LS 2-4-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-7-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-13-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-18-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-24-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28A-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28B-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28C-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28D-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28E-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28F-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28G-63 |
| NA,
LS 2-28H-63 |
| NA,
LS 3-5-63 |
| NA,
LS 3-10-63 |
|
| March 10, 1863 |
Captain & Assistant Quarter Master, ordered to
relieve Captain Venable, Assistant Quarter Master at Weldon, N. C.
|
| March 12, 1863 |
Took over the
position of Superintendent of the Charlotte & South Carolina RR
|
| March 18, 1863 |
Provided a lathe to
Salisbury Ordnance Shop
|
| 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)
|
| March 20, 1863 |
Returned the Manassas Gap RR
rolling stock that had been used by the Government
|
| March 25, 1863 |
Arrived in Columbia, S. C. to
take up his duties as Superintendent of the Charlotte & South
Carolina RR (Diary) |
| March 31, 1863 |
Paid Locomotive Shop
labor
|
| April 4, 1863 |
Sent a drill press
to Richmond
|
| April 15, 1863 |
Paid for having
Government cars found and distributed
|
| April 30, 1863 |
Paid Locomotive Shop
labor
|
| Was responsible for
the Roanoke Valley RR renting a locomotive
|
| May 25, 1863 |
Quarter Master General directed
Sharp to take control of all Government freight passing through
Columbia, S. C.
|
| May 27, 1863 |
All railroad property at Raleigh, N. C. is in the
hands of Capt. T. R. Sharp, Assistant Quarter Master |
| May 31, 1863 |
Paid Locomotive Shop
labor
|
| June 1, 1863 |
Supervised the
removal of machinery from Raleigh from June 1 through September 19
|
| June 8, 1863 |
Purchased 12,000+
lbs hammered iron.
|
| Ordered to return
the last of the Manassas Gap RR rolling stock under his control
|
| June 16, 1863 |
Manassas Gap RR
lathe taken to Wilmington from Shop
|
| June 17, 1863 |
Supplies received
from other Quartermasters
|
| 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)
|
| June 25, 1863 |
Was allowed to
retain staff for his use in Columbia, S. C.
|
| June 29, 1963 |
Asked to have his
pistol repaired
|
| June 30, 1863 |
Reported the items
consumed, produced and sold by the Locomotive Shop during the May through
June 1863 quarter
|
| Paid for use of
Locomotive Shop buildings and facilities
|
| Paid for Locomotive
Shop labor
|
| 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
|
| July 31, 1863 |
Paid for
Transportation Agent in Columbia, S. C.
|
| August 21, 1863 |
Received a pistol to
replace his burst one
|
| August 24, 1863 |
Lost a horse hauling
Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotive No. 226
|
| August 31, 1863 |
Paid for Store
Keeper at Raleigh (probably at what remained of the Locomotive
Shops)
|
| September 29, 1863 |
Reports his duty
situation
|
| October 19,1863 |
As Superintendent of the
Charlotte & South Carolina RR, tried to buy a locomotive from
Major Sims and the Railroad Bureau
|
| October 24 - November 10,
1863 |
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 2, 1863 |
Leased 2 locomotives
and 5 passenger cars from the Memphis & Ohio RR |
| November 2 to
November 25, 1863 |
Appears to have made
a trip to Wilmington to buy railroad supplies (probably late in this
period)
|
| November 16, 1863 |
Mentioned as Superintendent of Charlotte & South
Carolina Railroad |
| November 20, 1863 |
Receives report of
search for Manassas Gap RR rolling stock
|
| November 25, 1863 |
Paid for Columbia
telegrams
|
| November 27, 1863 |
Offered to exchange
crucibles for screws and files
|
| November 30, 1863 |
Paid for Storekeeper
of RR material at Raleigh
|
| 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
|
| December 17, 1863 |
Signs advertisement
of schedules of the Charlotte & South Carolina RR and the
Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio RR as Superintendent of both roads.
|
| December 22, 1863 |
Looking for arms for
guards
|
| 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) |
| January 28, 1864 |
Sharp requests a
saddle be made
|
| Buys supplies from
Railroad Bureau
|
| January 31, 1864 |
Sharp justifies a
Manassas Gap RR rolling stock bill
|
| February 11, 1864 |
Still Superintendent of the
Charlotte & South Carolina RR
|
| February 12, 1864 |
Promises Charlotte
& South Carolina RR will pay for lost nails
|
| March 25, 1864 |
Deposited $37,000 to
the Quartermaster Department account
|
| April 30, 1864 |
Paid Transportation
Agent
|
| May 31, 1864 |
Paid Transportation
Agent
|
| June 27, 1864 |
Elected Major and Assistant
Quarter Master of Columbia Local Defense Regiment of South Carolina
State Troops
|
| June 30, 1864 |
Paid for
Quartermaster Department Transportation Agents and Clerk
|
| 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
|
| Paid
for Clerk and Agent at Columbia, S. C.
|
| August 11, 1864 |
Corrected a
Locomotive Shop account from Columbia, SC
|
| August 12, 1864 |
Employed certain men
at Columbia, S. C.
|
| August 18, 1864 |
Quarter Master General increased
his control over Government transportation in Columbia, S. C.
|
| August 22, 1864 |
A Conscript assigned
to Sharp
|
| August 31, 1864 |
Pays for QM
Transportation Agents
|
| September 1, 1864 |
Was replaced as
Superintendent of the Charlotte & South Carolina RR
|
| 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
|
| September 28, 1864 |
Inspectors Report of Capt.
Sharp's office states that he is engaged in no other business
|
| September 30, 1864 |
Pays for QM
Transportation Agents & Clerk
|
| October 27, 1864 |
Sharp's transportation
responsibilities reiterated by the Quarter Master General
|
| 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.
|
| February 17, 1865 to March 21, 1865 |
Captain & Assistant Quarter Master in South
Carolina, later in North Carolina, receiving orders from General
Beauregard
| OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1210 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1221 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1448 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 702 |
|
| March 19, 1865 |
Engaged in widening
the gauge of the Piedmont RR
|
| 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.
|
| June 29, 1865 |
Loyalty Oath
|
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