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| October, 1861 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 158 |
Trestle-work to connect the railroads in Nashville |
| B6, W&A 10-1-61 |
Get rolling stock from some other road |
| NP, WJ 10-1-61 |
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
meeting announced |
| NP, WJ 10-1A-61 |
Accident on the Northeastern RR |
| NP, RD 10-1-61 |
Storm damage |
| OR
Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 646 |
Rolling stock for East Tennessee & Virginia RR |
| LVA, R&P 10-2-61 |
Richmond & Petersburg RR turntable in Petersburg
out of service |
| NP, NOTP 10-2-61 |
New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern
RR schedule change |
| NP, RD 10-2-61 |
Salt prices |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Pt 2, Page 164 |
Help to complete Mobile & Great Northern RR |
| GA, W&A 10-3-61 |
Rolling stock for East Tennessee & Virginia RR |
| NA, QM 10-3-61 |
Rolling stock for East Tennessee & Virginia RR |
| NA, QM 10-3A-61 |
Completing the Virginia Central RR to Covington |
| NP, NOTP 10-3-61 |
Bridge completed on the Memphis &
Little Rock RR |
| OR
Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 666 |
Rolling stock for East Tennessee & Virginia RR |
| LVA, TRED 10-4-61 |
Building an iron bridge for the Virginia Central RR |
| NA, QM 10-5-61 |
Impressment of locomotives and cars |
| NA, QM 10-5A-61 |
Baltimore & Ohio RR rolling stock for the Virginia
Central RR |
| LVA, TRED 10-5-61 |
Buying scrap iron |
| NA, QM 10-7-61 |
Equipment for the Memphis & Charleston RR |
| NA, QM 10-7A-61 |
Detained freight |
| NP, RD 10-7-61 |
Accident on the Wilmington &
Manchester RR |
| NP, RD
10-7A-61 |
Richmond & Petersburg RR schedules |
| B6, B&F 10-7-61 |
Brunswick & Florida RR taken over by State of
Georgia |
| LVA, TRED 10-8-61 |
Making boiler plate |
| LVA, TRED 10-8A-61 |
Chairs for the Mobile & Great Northern RR |
| NP, RD 10-8-61 |
Progress on the Memphis & Little Rock
RR |
| NP, RD 10-9-61 |
Assignment of locomotives |
| NP, RD 10-9A-61 |
Need for locomotives on the East Tennessee
& Virginia RR |
| NA, QM 10-10-61 |
Detained freight |
| NP, WJ 10-10-61 |
Mississippi Central RR accident |
| NP, RD 10-10-61 |
Reply to editorial regarding railroad
responsibilities |
| NP, WJ 10-10-61 |
Report of Chattanooga railroad meeting |
| LVA, TRED 10-10-61 |
Disruption in the foundry |
| LVA, TRED 10-10A-61 |
Send iron immediately |
| NA, QM 10-11-61 |
Shop equipment issued to Manassas Gap RR |
| NA, MG 10-11-61 |
Equipment sold to Manassas Gap RR |
| NP, RD 10-11-61 |
Virginia & Tennessee RR bridge collapse |
| NP, RD 10-11A-61 |
Virginia & Tennessee RR bridge collapse |
| LVA, R&P 10-11-61 |
Through cars; Government track in Petersburg |
| OR
Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 724 |
Railroad bridge guards |
| NA, QM 10-12-61 |
Outfit 2 ambulance cars |
| NA, QM 10-12A-61 |
Outfit 2 ambulance cars |
| NP, RD 10-12-61 |
Wounded arrives in an ambulance car |
| NP, RD 10-14-61 |
Arrival of Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotives |
| LVA, TRED 10-14-61 |
Freight rates on old rails |
| LVA, S&R 10-14-61 |
Buying waste & changing schedules |
| LVA, R&P 10-15-61 |
Petersburg turn table of the Richmond & Petersburg
RR out of service |
| LVA, R&P 10-15A-61 |
Assignment of a locomotive to the Richmond &
Petersburg RR |
| NP, WJ 10-15-61 |
Wilmington & Manchester RR dividend
announced |
| LVA, R&P 10-16-61 |
Too many cars in Petersburg for the Richmond &
Petersburg RR Depot to handle |
| NP, RD 10-16-61 |
Arrival of Baltimore & Ohio RR tools |
| NP, RD 10-16A-61 |
Virginia Central RR building plans |
| NA, OB 10-17-61 |
Materials for Ordinance Bureau |
| LVA, R&P 10-17-61 |
Missing copper |
| NP,
KD 10-17-61 |
Convention report |
| NP, WJ 10-17-61 |
Wilmington & Manchester RR dividend |
| NA, QM 10-18-61 |
Slow unloading at Bristol |
| NA, QM 10-18A-61 |
Slow unloading at Bristol |
| NP, AP 10-18-61 |
New Superintendent at the East Tennessee &
Virginia RR |
| LVA, TRED 10-18-61 |
Send Sharp's old rails at once |
| LVA, TRED 10-18A-61 |
Boiler plates shipped for the Navy |
| LVA, TRED 10-18B-61 |
Selling rails and buying scrap iron |
| LVA, TRED 10-18C-61 |
Greenville & Columbia RR materials |
| LVA, TRED 10-18D-61 |
Default of the Cahaba, Marion & Greensboro RR |
| LVA, TRED 10-18E-61 |
Default of the Cahaba, Marion & Greensboro RR |
| LVA, TRED 10-18F-61 |
Default of the Cahaba, Marion & Greensboro RR |
| NP, RD
10-19-61 |
Explanation of the railroad problems in east Tennessee |
| NP, RD 10-19A-61 |
Teams for removing Baltimore & Ohio RR
material |
| NP, RD 10-19B-61 |
Captured locomotive arrives in Richmond |
| NP, WJ 10-19-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR dividend
announced |
| NP, WJ 10-19A-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR annual meeting
announced |
| LVA, R&P 10-19-61 |
Water for Richmond & Petersburg RR locomotives in
Petersburg |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 906 |
Richmond to Manassas line is not efficient |
| LVA, R&P 10-20-61 |
Traffic conditions at the Petersburg Depot of the
Richmond & Petersburg RR |
| LVA, R&P 10-21-61 |
A day of operations at the Petersburg Depot of the
Richmond & Petersburg RR |
| NP, RD 10-22-61 |
Accident on the Wilmington & Manchester RR |
| NP, RD 10-22A-61 |
Roanoke Valley RR annual meeting |
| NP, RD 10-23-61 |
Description of ambulance cars |
| NP, RD 10-23A-61 |
Small locomotive repaired |
| LVA, TRED 10-23-61 |
How many old rails by the end of the year? |
| NA, QM 10-24-61 |
Richmond connections bills |
| LVA, R&P 10-24-61 |
Shipment of troops and artillery |
| NP, WJ 10-24-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR schedule change |
| NA, QM 10-25-61 |
Materials for Ordinance Bureau |
| LVA, TRED 10-25-61 |
Tredegar T rails sold to Wilmington & Manchester
RR and Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| LVA, TRED 10-25A-61 |
Shipping rails to Wilmington |
| LVA, R&P 10-26-61 |
Wood and the QM Department |
| LVA, N&P 10-26-61 |
Unhappy with freight practices |
| LVA, TRED 10-28-61 |
Rail shipment to Wilmington & Manchester RR and
Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 577 |
Availability of T-rail in New Orleans |
| LVA, TRED 10-29-61 |
Shipment of rails to the Wilmington & Manchester
RR |
| NP, DH 10-30-61 |
Track damage in Galveston during a storm |
| NP, WJ 10-30-61 |
Status of the Western RR |
| NP, WJ 10-30A-61 |
Railroads protecting Wilmington |
| LVA, TRED 10-31-61 |
Shipment of rails to the Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| GA, SA&G 10-x-61 |
Removal of Brunswick iron |
| LVA, R&P 10-x-61 |
Lack of oil for light |
| LVA, R&P 10-xA-61 |
Making up Way Bills |
| November, 1861 |
| NP, WJ 11-1-61 |
Wilmington & Manchester RR annual
meeting |
| NA, QM 11-2-61 |
Wallace gives up control of the East Tennessee &
Virginia RR |
| NA, QM 11-2A-61 |
Clearing freight on the upper line |
| NP, RD 11-2-61 |
Storm damage in Texas |
| NP, RR 11-2-61 |
Raleigh, N. C. schedules |
| LVA, TRED 11-4-61 |
Shipment of rails to the Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| LVA, TRED 11-4A-61 |
Shipment of rails to the Wilmington & Manchester
and Wilmington & Weldon RRs |
| NP, RD 11-4-61 |
Mail between Richmond and Norfolk |
| NP, RD 11-4A-61 |
Railroad accident |
| NA, QM 11-5-61 |
Get local negroes to repair the road |
| LVA, TRED 11-5-61 |
Take the locomotive and cars on the best terms |
| NP, RD 11-5-61 |
Railroad accident |
| LVA, TRED 11-7-61 |
Wheels and chairs for the Memphis & Charleston RR |
| LVA, TRED
11-7A-61 |
Locomotive order |
| LVA, TRED 11-7B-61 |
Iron from the Memphis & Charleston RR |
| NP, WJ 11-7-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR schedule change |
| NP, WJ 11-8-61 |
Status of the Wilmington & Manchester
RR |
| NA, QM 11-9-61 |
Special train of flour for Manassas |
| NP, RD 11-9-61 |
Movement of troops |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 231 |
Bridges destroyed |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page
231A |
Bridges destroyed |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 232 |
Bridges destroyed |
| NA, QM 11-10-61 |
Bridges destroyed |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 234A |
Bridges destroyed |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 234B |
Troops to protect bridges |
| NA, QM 11-10A-61 |
Wood for Charlottesville hospital |
| NA, QM 11-10B-61 |
Wood for Charlottesville hospital |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 233 |
Protection for Virginia & Tennessee RR bridges |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 234 |
Protection for Virginia & Tennessee RR bridges |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 235 |
Protection for Bristol to Chattanooga railroads |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 235A |
Troops to protect bridges |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 235B |
Troops to protect bridges |
| NA, QM 11-11-61 |
Ferry salt past burned bridges |
| LVA, R&P 11-11-61 |
Heavy use of the Richmond & Petersburg RR |
| NP, WJ 11-11-61 |
Destruction of bridges in east Tennessee |
| NP, WJ 11-11A-61 |
Protection of railroads |
| NP, WJ 11-11B-61 |
Schedule change on the Wilmington &
Manchester RR |
| NP, WJ 11-11C-61 |
Boiler explosion on the Wilmington &
Manchester RR |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 240 |
Troops to protect bridges |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 240A |
Troops to protect bridges |
| NP, WJ 11-12-61 |
List of burned bridges |
| LVA, TRED 11-12-61 |
Misrouted shipment |
| LVA, R&P 11-12-61 |
Moving troops from Richmond |
| NP, RD 11-12-61 |
Stopping a salt shipment on the Roanoke Valley RR |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 376 |
Establish guards on the Wilmington &
Weldon RR |
| NA, ENG 11-13-61 |
Support for the Bristol to Chattanooga line |
| NP, RD 11-13-61 |
Salt shipments |
| NP, RD 11-13A-61 |
East Tennessee bridges burned |
| NP, RD 11-13B-61 |
Repairing the East Tennessee bridges |
| NP, RR 11-13-61 |
Accident on the Atlantic, Tennessee &
Ohio RR |
| LVA, TRED 11-13-61 |
Effect of bridge burning |
| LVA, TRED 11-13A-61 |
Old rails for Tredegar |
| LVA, TRED 11-13B-61 |
Through rates for Tredegar shipments |
| LVA, TRED 11-13C-61 |
Through rates for Tredegar shipments |
| LVA, TRED 11-13D-61 |
Iron from Georgia |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 243 |
Threats to bridges |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 243A |
Troops to protect bridges |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 378 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR bridges are
guarded |
| NP, RD 11-14-61 |
The burned bridges and the mail |
| NP, RD 11-14A-61 |
A new Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR car |
| NP, WJ 11-14-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR Annual Report |
| LVA, TRED 11-14-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR rails |
| LVA, TRED 11-14A-61 |
Invoice for rails sent |
| LVA, TRED 11-15-61 |
Shipping rates for iron |
| OR
Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 732 |
Mobile & Great Northern RR in operation |
| NP, WJ 11-16-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR annual meeting |
| LVA, TRED 11-18-61 |
Priority for shipment |
| LVA, TRED 11-18A-61 |
Priority for shipment |
| LVA, TRED 11-18B-61 |
Chairs for the Mobile & Great Northern RR |
| LVA, TRED 11-18C-61 |
T rail shipment contract with the Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| NP, RD 11-18-61 |
Bridge on the Memphis, Clarksville & Nashville RR
completed |
| NP, CM 11-18-61 |
Railroad connections in Charleston |
| LVA, TRED 11-19-61 |
Route from Richmond to Nashville |
| NP, RD
11-19-61 |
Assignment of a locomotive |
| NP, RD 11-19A-61 |
Richmond & York River RR annual meeting |
| NP, RD 11-19B-61 |
Connecting two Trans-Mississippi railroads |
| NP, RD 11-19C-61 |
Need for a railroad to Centreville |
| LVA, TRED 11-20-61 |
Rails from Strasburg |
| NA, ETX 11-20-61 |
Rail for Eastern Texas RR |
| LVA, R&P 11-20-61 |
Setting priorities for shipments |
| NP, RD 11-20-61 |
Status of the Richmond & York River RR |
| NP, RD 11-20A-61 |
Explosion of a Virginia Central RR
locomotive |
| NP, WJ 11-20-61 |
Annual meeting of the Wilmington &
Manchester RR |
| NA, QM 11-21-61 |
Priority for ordnance shipment |
| NP, WJ 11-21-61 |
Wilmington & Manchester RR annual
meeting |
| NP, WJ 11-21A-61 |
Wilmington & Manchester RR annual
report |
| NP, WJ 11-20A-61 |
Call for Wilmington & Weldon RR
officers and agents for the next year |
| LVA, R&P 11-21-61 |
Prisoners to Alabama |
| NP, RD 11-21-61 |
Accident in Nashville |
| NP, WJ 11-22-61 |
Superintendent's Report for the Wilmington
& Manchester RR |
| NP, RD 11-23-61 |
Striping the Baltimore & Ohio RR |
| NP, WJ 11-23-61 |
Recovering from the bridge burnings |
| NP, WJ 11-25-61 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR Annual Report |
| LVA, TRED 11-25-61 |
Shipping iron from Nashville to Richmond |
| LVA, TRED 11-25A-61 |
Availability of chairs |
| LVA, TRED 11-25B-61 |
Shipping iron over the Western & Atlantic RR |
| LVA, TRED 11-25C-61 |
Cahaba, Marion & Greensboro RR debt for spikes |
| FA, P&G 11-25-61 |
Condition of the Pensacola & Georgia RR and the
Tallahassee RR |
| NP, RD 11-25-61 |
New shop for the Raleigh & Gaston RR |
| LVA, TRED 11-26-61 |
Old rails from Capt. Sharp to Tredegar |
| NP, WJ 11-26-61 |
Arguments against the Piedmont RR |
| LVA, TRED 11-27-61 |
Shipment route to the Memphis & Charleston RR |
| NP, DH 11-27-61 |
Status of the Southern Pacific RR |
| NP, RD 11-27-61 |
New Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR car |
| NP, RD 11-27A-61 |
Virginia Central Annual Report |
| NA, QM 11-27-61 |
Movement of freight |
| NA, QM 11-27-61 |
Delay in shipment of salt |
| LVA, R&P 11-28-61 |
Shipping engines for the Fayetteville Arsenal |
| FA, P&G 11-29-61 |
Condition of the Pensacola & Georgia RR and the
Tallahassee RR |
| NP, RD 11-29-61 |
Virginia Central RR annual meeting |
| NP, AP 11-29-61 |
Salt for Petersburg |
| December, 1861 |
| NA, QM 12-1-61 |
Receipt for rails for Winchester & Potomac RR |
| NA, W&P 12-1-61 |
Supplies issued to Winchester & Potomac RR |
| VAA, RR 12-2-61 |
Virginia RRs in the first year of war |
| NP, RD 12-2-61 |
Explosion of a locomotive boiler |
| NP, RD
12-2A-61 |
Salt for Richmond |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 976 |
Jackson's track removal |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 977 |
Virginia Central RR capacity |
| LVA, R&P 12-4-61 |
Troops to Norfolk |
| NP, RD 12-4-61 |
Meeting supporting the Piedmont RR |
| NP, RR 12-4-61 |
Need for the Chatham RR |
| NA, QM 12-5-61 |
Payment for Wallace running the East Tennessee &
Virginia RR |
| NA, QM 12-5A-61 |
Payment for Wallace running the East Tennessee &
Virginia RR |
| NP, RD 12-5-61 |
Damaged East Tennessee bridges |
| NP, RD
12-5A-61 |
Accident on the South Side RR |
| NP, SC 12-5-61 |
South Carolina RR schedule change |
| NP, SC 12-5A-61 |
Columbia & Greenville RR schedule |
| NP, SC 12-5B-61 |
Charlotte & South Carolina RR schedule |
| NP, YE 12-5-61 |
Laborers being hired for Centreville RR |
| NP, RD 12-6-61 |
Meeting supporting the Richmond &
Danville RR and North Carolina RR connection |
| OR
Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 777 |
Connecting Florida to Georgia |
| NP, RD 12-7-61 |
Need for the Richmond & Danville RR extension |
| NP, RD 12-7A-61 |
Railroad death |
| NP, RR 12-7-61 |
Lick Creek bridge repaired |
| NP, RD 12-9-61 |
Connecting the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
RR to the Manassas Gap RR |
| NP, RD 12-9A-61 |
General Huger sent south |
| NP, RD
12-9B-61 |
Accident on train near Savannah |
| NP, RD 12-9C-61 |
Accident on the Memphis & Charleston
RR |
| NP, RD 12-9D-61 |
South Side RR annual meeting |
| NP, RD 12-9E-61 |
Tallahassee and Pensacola & Georgia
RRs want state control |
| NA, W&P 12-10-61 |
Receipt for iron sold to the Winchester & Potomac
RR |
| NP, WJ 12-10-61 |
Call for hands for the next year on the
Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| NP, WJ 12-10A-61 |
Applications for officer positions on the
Wilmington & Manchester RR |
| NA, QM 12-11-61 |
Rails for the Winchester & Potomac RR |
| NA, QM 12-11A-61 |
Rails for the Winchester & Potomac RR |
| NA, QM 12-11B-61 |
Rails for the Winchester & Potomac RR |
| NA, QM 12-11C-61 |
Loan to a Montgomery, Ala. RR |
| AR, SA&G 12-11-61 |
Rail from Savannah to Tybee Island |
| NP, RD 12-11-61 |
Need to finish and extend the Virginia
Central RR |
| NP, TD 12-11-61 |
Accident on the Southern of Mississippi RR |
| NA, O&A 12-12-61 |
B&O RR locomotive assignments |
| NP, RD 12-12-61 |
Richmond & Danville RR annual report |
| NP, YE 12-12-61 |
Iron shipment on the Western RR |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 760 |
Cost of transporting cannon to Texas |
| NA, QM 12-13-61 |
Revised freight rates |
| NP, WJ 12-13-61 |
Call for railroad guards |
| NP, RD 12-13-61 |
Richmond & Danville RR meeting
regarding the connection with North Carolina |
| FA, P&G 12-14-61 |
Connecting Florida and Georgia |
| NP, WJ 12-14-61 |
Call for subsistence bids for the
Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| NA, W&P 12-14-61 |
Accounting for rails sold to the Winchester &
Potomac RR |
| NP, RD 12-14-61 |
Contract for the Centreville RR |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 158 |
Status of the Eastern Texas RR |
| ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 653 |
Status of the Mexican Gulf RR |
| NP, DH 12-16-61 |
Texas Governor's message regarding
railroads |
| NP, WJ 12-16-61 |
Coal business on the Western RR |
| NP, WJ
12-16A-61 |
Officers and men for the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad Guards |
| NA, QM 12-17-61 |
Transportation of iron for the Winchester &
Potomac RR |
| NA, G 12-17-61 |
Davis letter to Congress regarding RR
construction, with several letters attached |
| NP, WJ 12-17-61 |
Offer to hire slaves for 1862, North
Carolina RR |
| NP, RD 12-18-61 |
Election of a Superintendent |
| NP, RD
12-18A-61 |
Car burned on the Florida RR |
| NA, QM 12-20-61 |
Locomotive boilers for the Navy |
| NP, AP 12-20-61 |
Status of the stripped Baltimore &
Ohio RR |
| NP, RD 12-20-61 |
Start of railroad presidents' meeting in
Richmond |
| NA, O&A 12-21-61 |
Fill Orange & Alexandria RR request |
| NA, QM 12-21-61 |
Report iron delivered |
| LVA, R&P 12-21-61 |
Arranging time between Richmond and Petersburg |
| NP, RD 12-21-61 |
Condition of Manassas |
| NP, TD 12-21-61 |
New factory in Richmond |
| NP, TD 12-21A-61 |
Accident on the Southern of Mississippi RR |
| NA, MG 12-22-61 |
Move 4 miles of B&O iron to Strasburg |
| NA, QM 12-23-61 |
Through traffic at Wilmington |
| NA, QM 12-23A-61 |
Through traffic at Wilmington |
| LVA, R&P 12-23-61 |
Shipment of prisoners |
| NP, RD 12-23-61 |
A better connection of roads in Richmond |
| NP, WJ 12-24-61 |
Forwarding rules |
| NP, RR 12-25-61 |
Status of the Petersburg RR |
| NA, QM 12-26-61 |
Report regarding iron laid on the Winchester & Potomac
RR |
| NP, RD 12-27-61 |
Accident on the Charleston & Savannah
RR |
| NP, TD 12-29-61 |
Strike in Petersburg locomotive and car
factory |
| NP, TD 12-29A-61 |
Fire in the machine shop of the
Tallahassee RR and Pensacola & Georgia RR |
| NP, RD 12-31-61 |
Accident on the South Side RR |
| NP, RD 12-31A-61 |
Accident on the South Carolina RR |
| NA, W&P 12-31-61 |
Bill for services performed by Winchester &
Potomac RR in regard to moving the B&O RR captured locomotives |