Confederate Railroads Original Documents 1862

January - March

Below are transcripts of original documents of the Confederate government related to railroads and their issues, original documents of the railroads themselves, newspaper articles and any other Southern documents written during the War.  My comments, additions, or corrections are {entered thus}.  

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1861 (October, November, December) This Page 1862 (April, May, June)
January, 1862
AHC, A&M 1-1-62 Slave labor contract
NP, NBP 1-1-62 Atlantic & North Carolina RR schedule
NP, RR 1-1-62 Richmond to North Carolina through freight
NP, RD 1-1-62 Pensacola & Georgia RR fire
NP, RD 1-1A-62 Cattle for Charleston
NP, RSJ 1-1-62 North Carolina iron
NP, NOBC 1-1-62 New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR schedule
NP, NOTP 1-1-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR schedule change
NP, NOTP 1-1A-62 Mexican Gulf RR schedule
NP, NOTP 1-1B-62 Pontchartrain RR schedule
NP, NOTP 1-1C-62 New Orleans & Carrollton RR schedule
NP, NOTP 1-1D-62 Galveston, Houston & Henderson RR schedule change
NP, NOTP 1-1E-62 Ad for routes from New Orleans to Nashville and Louisville
NP, NOTP 1-1F-62 Ad to Texas from New Orleans
NP, NOTP 1-1G-62 Limits on freight shipments on the Memphis & Charleston RR
NP, NOTP 1-1H-62 Ad for the Mississippi & Tennessee RR
OR Series 1, Vol. 7,  Page 818 RR requirements to support Gen. Johnston and what is on hand
NP, RD 1-2-62 Potential branch to the Piedmont RR
NP, RD 1-2-62 Railroad accident
NP, YE 1-2-62 King's Mountain RR dividend
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 206 The need to connect the Pensacola & Georgia RR to the Chattahoochee River
NP, CGA 1-4-62 Arrivals and departures at Chattanooga
NP, RD 1-4-62 Danger to the Virginia & Tennessee RR
NP, WJ 1-4-62 No corn or flour on the road
NP, NOTP 1-4-62 New Orleans & Carrollton RR Directors election
NP, NOTP 1-4A-62 Jefferson & Lake Pontchartrain RR Board of Directors election
NP, NOTP 1-4B-62 Next section of Memphis & Little Rock RR almost completed
NP, NOTP 1-4C-62 Railroads issuing small notes
NA, ENG 1-5-62 Repairs to east Tennessee bridges
NP, NOTP 1-5-62 East Tennessee & Georgia RR bridge repaired
NP, NOBC 1-6-62 Report of the Baton Rouge, Grosse Tete & Opelousas RR
NA, ET&G 1-7-62 Payment of Confederate States monthly bill
NP, RD 1-7-62 Accident on the Virginia & Tennessee RR
NP, NOTP 1-7-62 New Directors for the Jefferson & Lake Pontchartrain RR
NP, NOTP 1-7A-62 110 tons of T-rail for sale in New Orleans
NP, WD 1-7-62 Subscription call for the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio RR
NP, RW 1-8-62 Connecting roads in Richmond
NP, RR 1-8-62 Raleigh & Gaston schedules
NP, WJ 1-8-62 Railroad construction ideas
NP, NOTP 1-8-62 New Orleans & Carrollton RR schedule
NP, NOTP 1-8A-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR freight
GA, W&A 1-9-62 Operations contract between Rome RR and Western & Atlantic RR
NP, CB 1-9-62 Charlotte & South Carolina RR schedule
NP, CB 1-9A-62 Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio RR annual meeting
NP, CB 1-9B-62 North Carolina freight rates
NA, QM 1-10-62 Assistance for the East Tennessee & Georgia RR
NA, QM 1-10A-62 Assistance for the East Tennessee & Georgia RR
NA, QM 1-10B-62 Arrangements to transfer past the burned bridges have been made
NP, RD 1-10-62 The railroads in east Tennessee
NP, RR 1-11-62 Shortage of rolling stock in Mississippi
NA, QM 1-12-62 Bridges will be finished by February 1
NP, NOTP 1-12-62 Meridian & Selma RR contracted
NP, SC 1-12-62 Charlotte & South Carolina RR annual meeting
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 839 Railroad support ideas
NP, RD 1-13-62 Southern Pacific stock
NA, QM 1-14-62 Rolling stock for East Tennessee & Virginia RR
NP, RD 1-14-62 Accident on the Orange & Alexandria RR
NP, RD 1-14A-62 Paying freight charges
NP, NOTP 1-14-62 Mississippi Central RR ad
NP, NOTP 1-14A-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Western RR state directors
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 842 Raised rates on Government traffic
NA, QM 1-15-62 Forage requirements
NP, RD 1-15-62 Boiler explosion on the Memphis & Charleston RR
NP, RD 1-15A-62 Accident on the Memphis & Charleston RR
NP, RSJ 1-15-62 Hands wanted by the Western North Carolina RR
NP, GP 1-16-62 Need for the Piedmont RR
NP, RD 1-16-62 Snow and ice on the tracks
NP, TD 1-16-62 Mobile & Ohio RR shops in Tennessee
NA, QM 1-17-62 Send Harpers Ferry equipment to the Ordinance Department
NP, NOTP 1-17-62 Use idle hands during the winter to improve the RRs
NP, NOTP 1-17A-62 Construction assistance to the Eastern Texas RR
NA, QM 1-18-62 Shipments through Lynchburg
NA, QM 1-18A-62 Delays into Wilmington
NP, RD 1-18-62 Proposed northern Virginia connection
NP, RD 1-18A-62 Restrictions on cotton in Texas
NP, MAR 1-18-62 Mobile & Spring Hill RR stockholders meeting
NP, MAR 1-18A-62 Mobile & Great Northern RR schedule
NP, MAR 1-18B-62 Mobile & Great Northern RR freight
NP, NOTP 1-18-62 Status of the Memphis & Little Rock RR
NP, NOTP 1-18A-62 Memphis & Charleston RR freight status
NP, NOTP 1-19-62 Build RRs in Texas
NA, WAR 1-20-62 Cost estimates for two projects
NA, QM 1-20-62 Shipments through Lynchburg
NA, QM 1-20A-62 Shipment of sugar
NP, RD 1-21-62 Election of a Superintendent
NP, RD 1-21A-62 Accident on the Virginia Central RR
NP, WJ 1-21-62 Assistance constructing railroads
NA, QM 1-22-62 Freight preferences
NA, QM 1-22A-62 Shipment delay
NA, QM 1-22B-62 Shipment delay
NP, HR 1-22-62 Petersburg RR dividend
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 868 Importation idea
NA, QM 1-23-62 Shipment priority
NA, M&WP 1-23-62 Requirements to complete a line from Montgomery to Jackson
AOC, 1-23-62 Act regarding duty on a shipment of iron
NP, RD 1-23-62 Effect of high cost of transportation
NP, RD 1-24-62 Need for the Piedmont RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 869 Transportation for food
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 880 Railroad ideas
NA, QM 1-25-62 Boilers from the Baltimore & Ohio
OR Series 1, Vol. 21, Page 1111 Bridges on the Virginia & Tennessee RR
NP, RD 1-25-62 Connecting Richmond railroads
NP, RD 1-25A-62 Virginia Central RR loss
NP, RD 1-25B-62 The effect of railroad freight rates
NP, RR 1-25-62 The need for the Coalfields RR
NP, NOTP 1-26-62 Status of construction of the New Orleans & Texas RR
NP, NOTP 1-26A-62 Comments on the New Orleans & Texas RR
NA, QM 1-27-62 Reassigning flat cars
NP, RD 1-27-62 Upcoming railroad convention
NP, RD 1-27A-62 Richmond & York River RR grade issues
NA, QM 1-28-62 Maj. Morfit's trip
NP, RW 1-28-62 Replacing a bridge
NP, NOTP 1-28-62 Mexican Gulf RR schedule
NP, NOTP 1-28A-62 New Orleans & Texas RR Corporators meeting
NP, NOTP 1-28B-62 Wills Valley RR operating
NP, NOTP 1-28C-62 Mississippi RR change bill passed
NP, WD 1-28-62 The load on the North Carolina RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 884 Congressional report
NP, RD 1-29-62 Need for railroad rolling mill
NP, RD 1-29A-62 Going around the High Bridge
NP, RR 1-29-62 Coal Fields RR approved by legislature
NP, RR 1-29A-62 The need for the Piedmont RR
NP, RSJ 1-29-62 Chatham RR discussion
NP, RD 1-30-62 Need for the Piedmont RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 896 Railroad ideas
NA, ENG 1-31-62 Price of iron in April 1861
NP, RD 1-31-62 Jackson carrying off more Baltimore & Ohio RR iron
February, 1862
AR, R&P 2-1-62 Connecting roads in Richmond and Petersburg
NP, SCS 2-1-62 Norfolk & Petersburg RR schedule
NP, MAR 2-2-62 Mobile & Ohio RR schedule change
NP, NOTP 2-2-62 Need for the New Orleans & Texas RR
NA, MG 2-3-62 Order to build Centreville spur
NP, RD 2-3-62 Railroad convention
NP, RD 2-3A-62 Virginia connections
NP, WJ 2-3-62 Chatham RR ordinance
NP, RD 2-4-62 Covington & Ohio RR construction
NA, QM 2-5-62 Cars for the East Tennessee & Georgia RR
NA, QM 2-5A-62 Engines for the Navy
NP, WD 2-5-62 Charlotte & South Carolina RR annual report
NP, WD 2-5A-62 Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio RR annual report
NP, WJ 2-5-62 Accident on the Wilmington & Manchester RR
NP, RSJ 2-5-62 Piedmont RR discussion
NP, RSJ 2-5A-62 Piedmont RR discussion
NP, RS 2-5-62 Piedmont RR discussion
NP, RD 2-5-62 Yankee view of the Railroad Convention
NA, WD 2-6-62 No discharges without substitutes
NP, GP 2-6-62 The need for the Piedmont RR
NP, RD 2-6-62 Estimate to complete the Ohio & Covington RR
NP, WJ 2-6-62 Richmond Railroad Convention
NP, AP 2-6-62 Railroad accident
NP, AP 2-6A-62 Damage from rains
Forts Henry and Donaldson -- February 6 - 16, 1862
NA, QM 2-7-62 Return Memphis & Charleston RR locomotives
NA, QM 2-7A-62 Return Memphis & Charleston RR locomotives
NP, RD 2-7-62 Connection for the Fayetteville, N. C. arsenal
NP, RD 2-7A-62 Detention of cars
NP, RD 2-7B-62 Complete the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire RR?
B6, B&F 2-8-62 Evacuation of Brunswick & Florida RR
NP, NOTP 2-8-62 New Orleans RR meeting
NP, RD 2-8-62 Convention on railroad affairs
NP, RD 2-8A-62 Effect of the loss of a Tennessee bridge
NP, RS 2-8-62 Piedmont RR discussion
NP, RR 2-8-62 Piedmont RR ordinance passed
NP, NOTP 2-9-62 Memphis, Clarkesville & Louisville RR accident
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 912 Assistance for Piedmont RR
NP, RD 2-10-62 Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR schedule
NP, RD 2-10A-62 2 needed railroad connections
NP, RD 2-10B-62 Case for the Covington RR
NP, GP 2-11-62 Death on the North Carolina RR
NP, DH 2-12-62 Status of the Memphis & Little Rock RR
NP, HR 2-12-62 North Carolina RR selection of president
NP, RD 2-12-62 Bridges up on the East Tennessee & Virginia RR
NP, RR 2-12-62 Condition of the North Carolina RR depot in Raleigh
NP, GP 2-13-62 North Carolina RR President resigns
NP, GP 2-13A-62 New North Carolina RR President selected
NP, GP 2-13B-62 Passage of the Piedmont RR charter
NP, RD 2-13-62 Piedmont RR approved
NP, RD 2-13A-62 Need for the Roanoke Valley RR extension
NP, RD 2-13B-62 Explosion of South Carolina RR locomotive
NP, RD 2-13C-62 Theft of car springs
NA, ENG 2-14-62 Seized iron
NP, WJ 2-14-62 Accident on the North Carolina RR
NP, NOTP 2-14-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR annual meeting
NP, NOTP 2-14A-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR and government freight load
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 941 Assistance for Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR
NA, QM 2-15-62 Freight rates
AOC, 2-15-62 Act to refund overpayment of duty
NP, RR 2-15-62 Subscriptions opened for Chatham RR
NP, RR 2-15A-62 Piedmont RR bill passed and approved
NP, RR 2-15B-62 New president elected for the North Carolina RR
NP, RR 2-15C-62 North Carolina RR accident
NP, RR 2-15D-62 Virginia & Tennessee RR accident
NP, MAR 2-15-62 Florida court rules Pensacola & Georgia RR can build the branch that became the Lawton & Live Oak RR
NP, NOTP 2-16-62 Report of the railroad convention
OR Series 1, Vol. 7,  Page 889 Defending the Memphis & Charleston RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 944  Extending the Virginia Central RR
NP, WJ 2-17-62 President Davis' message regarding railroads
NP, RD 2-17-62 North Virginia connection
NP, RD 2-17A-62 An eastern North Carolina railroad chartered
NA, QM 2-18-62 Delays with government freight
NA, ENG 2-18-62 Price of iron in April 1861
NP, RD 2-18-62 Accident on the Wilmington & Manchester RR
NP, RD 2-18A-62 Accident on the East Tennessee & Georgia RR
NP, RD 2-18B-62 Arrest of a conductor
NA, QM 2-19-62 Connect railroads with a plank road
AR, RF&P 2-19-62 A connection for 3 Virginia roads
NP, DH 2-19-62 Legislation regarding the New Orleans & Texas RR
NP, RD 2-19-62 Complete the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire RR?
NP, TD 2-19-62 Explosion of a South Carolina RR locomotive
NP, TD 2-19A-62 Three locomotives left in Bowling Green evacuation
NP, WJ 2-19-62 False report of an attack on a bridge
NA, QM 2-20-62 Payments in bonds
GA, W&A 2-20-62 Request for payment
NP, RD 2-20-62 Goods waiting transportation
B3, LEE 2-22-62 Railroad connections in Augusta
NP, RD 2-22-62 Connecting the Manassas Gap RR to the Winchester & Potomac RR
NP, RD 2-22A-62 False report of an attack on a bridge
NP, RSJ 2-22-62 Chatham RR election
NP, RSJ 2-22A-62 Long train
NP, NOTP 2-22-62 New Orleans & Texas RR Board of Directors election
NP, NOTP 2-22A-62 The value of the New Orleans & Texas RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 947 Selection of Piedmont RR route
NP, NOTP 2-23-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR annual meeting
NP, NOTP 2-23A-62 New Orleans & Texas RR Directors listed
NP, AN 2-20-62 Piedmont RR authorized
NP, WJ 2-24-62 Landslides on the Virginia & Tennessee RR
NP, RD 2-24-62 Landslides on the Virginia & Tennessee RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 952 Protection of bridges
NP, WJ 2-25-62 Freight increase on flour and grain
NP, RD 2-25-62 Wind damage in Richmond
NP, CM 2-25-62 Confederate destruction of the Memphis & Ohio RR
NA, ENG 2-26-62 Money for the survey for the Piedmont RR
NP, RD 2-26-62 Bridge accidentally burned
NP, RD 2-26A-62 Virginia and North Carolina RR convention
NP, RSJ 2-26-62 Raleigh & Gaston RR election regarding the Chatham RR
NP, MAR 2-26-62 Removing saved Nashville works to Columbus, Miss.
NP, MAR 2-26A-62 Damage to the Mobile & Ohio RR
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 1083 "the wretched management of the railroads"
NP, NOTP 2-28-62 The connection from New Orleans to Texas
NP, NOTP 2-28A-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR accident
March, 1862
NA, MG 3-1-62 Sharp in charge of Centreville traffic
NP, RR 3-1-62 Support for the Chatham RR
NP, RR 3-1A-62 Storm in Richmond and Petersburg
NP, RR 3-1-62 South Side RR bridge destroyed by fire
NP, WJ 3-1-62 Accident on a Nashville road
NP, TS 3-1-62 Tarboro Branch road schedule
OR Series 1, Vol. 5,  Page 1088 Movement from Manassas
NA, ENG 3-3-62 Ordering Capt. Myers to Piedmont RR survey
NA, QM 3-5-62 Engine cannot be sent to Sharp
NP, RD 3-5-62 Piedmont RR incorporated
NP, RD 3-5A-62 Transporting alcohol into or out of Richmond prohibited
NA, QM 3-6-62 Control of train movement
NA, ENG 3-6-62 Request for the loan of a pile driver
NP, RD 3-6-62 Explosion of a locomotive
NP, RD 3-6A-62 Accident on the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR
NP, NOTP 3-6-62 Subscriptions for the New Orleans & Texas RR
NP, RE 3-6-62 Explosion of a locomotive
NP, YE 3-6-62 King's Mountain RR annual meeting
OR Series 1, Vol. 5,  Page 1093 Manassas capacity
NP, MAR 3-7-62 Status of the East Tennessee & Virginia RR
NP, NOTP 3-7-62 Retreat on the Nashville & Chattanooga RR
NP, RD 3-7-62 Georgia forbids making or transporting liquor
OR Series 1, Vol. 10, Part 2, Page 305 Policing the roads in Mississippi
NP, RSJ 3-8-62 Piedmont RR created
NP, RD 3-8-62 Transportation for recruits
NP, RD 3-8A-62 Florida RR train shelled
NP, RR 3-8-62 Raleigh vote on the Chatham RR
NP, NOTP 3-8-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR employees should stay on the job
OR Series 1, Vol. 6,  Page 848 Instructions for evacuating Pensacola
NP, RD 3-10-62 New Orleans Jackson & Great Northern RR accident
NP, MAR 3-10-62 East Tennessee & Georgia RR accident
NP, WJ 3-10-62 Attempted destruction of an Atlantic & North Carolina RR bridge
NP, MAR 3-11-62 Mobile & Great Northern RR schedule change
NP, NOTP 3-11-62 Pontchartrain RR schedule
NA, QM 3-12-62 Plank road or barges
NA, QM 3-12A-62 Corn transportation
NP, RD 3-12-62 Attempt to burn a bridge
NP, TD 3-12-62 Locomotive explosion on the Mobile & Ohio RR
OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 1073 Movement from Manassas
NP, RD 3-13-62 Enforcing passports
NP, YE 3-13-62 King's Mountain RR annual meeting transportation
NP, WJ 3-14-62 Martial law in Memphis
NP, RD 3-14-62 Richmond & York River RR slide cleared
NP, RD 3-14A-62 Baltimore & Ohio RR repairs almost completed
NA, QM 3-15-62 The railroads are monopolized by General Johnston
NP, RD 3-15-62 Capture of the east end of the Florida RR
NA, QM 3-16-62 Bridge repairs
NA, QM 3-17-62 Shipping blockade runner's quartermaster stores
NP, RD 3-17-62 No alcohol will be carried on trains in Georgia
SC, QM 3-18-62 Importance of Charleston & Savannah RR & South Carolina RR connection
NA, QM 3-18-62 Saving supplies at Fredericksburg
NA, QM 3-18A-62 Commissary shipments
NA, QM 3-18B-62 Prevent recurrence of delays
NP, RD 3-18-62 Allen's locomotive brought to Richmond
NP, RD 3-18A-62 Accident on the Wilmington & Weldon RR
NP, RD 3-18B-62 Evacuation of Fernandina, Fl.
NA, QM 3-19-62 Construction of connection between Selma and Gainesville, Alabama
NA, QM 3-20-62 Saving corn from the Fredericksburg area
NP, YE 3-20-62 King's Mountain RR annual report
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1010 Control of trains
NA, QM 3-21-62 Beef shipments
ORN Series 1, Vol. 22, Page 741 Need trains assigned to remove stores
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1013 Construction of New Orleans & Texas RR
ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 592 Priority for armor shipment
NA, QM 3-22-62 Shipment of coal to foundries in Georgia
NA, QM 3-22A-62 Enforce your order to send cars to Richmond
ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 593 Status of ironclad construction in New Orleans
ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 594 Routes for shipping armor to New Orleans from Atlanta
NA, QM 3-23-62 Priority for a Navy shipment
NA, QM 3-23A-62 Troop movements
NP, NOTP 3-23-62 Value of the Texas & New Orleans RR
NP, NOTP 3-23A-62 New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR dividend
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1022 Assistance for Roanoke Valley RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1025 Assistance for Roanoke Valley RR
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1038 Transportation and the losses at Thoroughfare Gap, Va.
B6, GA 3-27-62 Priority for a Georgia official
NP, GP 3-27-62 Piedmont RR subscription books open
NP, RD 3-27-62 Control of trains
NP, RD 3-27A-62 Accident on the South Side RR
NP, MAR 3-28-62 Railroads should find ways to carry food for the cities
NA, QM 3-29-62 Return Virginia Central RR cars
NP, MAR 3-29-62 Mobile & Great Northern RR ad to hire slaves
NP, RSJ 3-29-62 Raleigh & Gaston RR called stockholder meeting
NP, RR 3-29-62 Railroads too busy to carry the mail
NP, RR 3-29A-62 Accident on the North Carolina RR
NP, MAR 3-30-62 Mobile & Great Northern RR stockholders meeting
NP, NOTP 3-30-62 New Orleans & Texas RR construction
NP, NOTP 3-30A-62 New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR annual meeting
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1033 Memphis & Little Rock RR assistance

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