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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| July, 1862 |
| UA, N&MB 7-1-62 |
Give preference to railroad iron |
| NP, RD 7-1-62 |
Accident on the Richmond & Danville
RR |
| NP, AC 7-1-62 |
Georgia RR schedule |
| NP, AC 7-1A-62 |
Augusta & Savannah RR schedule |
| NP, RD 7-2-62 |
Saving a bridge and a locomotive |
| NP, RR 7-2-62 |
A passenger car completed |
| NP, RR 7-2A-62 |
Raleigh & Gaston RR dividend declared |
| NP, WJ 7-2-62 |
Accident on the Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| NA, A&F 7-3-62 |
Alabama & Florida (of Florida) RR rails used to
make siding on Mobile & Great Northern RR |
| NP, GP 7-3-62 |
Reasons for the condition of the North
Carolina RR |
| NP, RW 7-3-62 |
Reopening the Richmond & York River RR |
| ORN Series 2, Vol. 2, Page 210 |
Making contracts for rails |
| NA, PIW 7-4-62 |
Locomotive and car repairs |
| NP, RD 7-4-62 |
Accident on the Richmond & Danville RR |
| NA, S&P 7-4-62 |
Construction of two cars |
| NA, S&M 7-4-62 |
Instructions for Col. Tate in completing
the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR |
| OR
Series 1, Vol. 17, Part 2, Page 637 |
Instructions for Col. Tate in completing
the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR |
| NP, RE 7-4-62 |
Railroad accident |
| NP, RE 7-5-62 |
Railroad accident |
| NP, RR 7-5-62 |
Railroad accident |
| NP, RD 7-5-62 |
Captured locomotive arrives in Richmond |
| NP, RD 7-5A-62 |
Richmond & Danville RR runaway |
| NA, QM 7-8-62 |
Capt. Sharp to explain how he got iron from Tredegar |
| NP, RD 7-8-62 |
Accident on the Virginia Central RR |
| NP, RD 7-8A-62 |
Accident on the Western & Atlantic RR |
| NP, WJ 7-8-62 |
Weekly car for donation for the army in Virginia |
| NP, WJ 7-8A-62 |
Accident on the Western & Atlantic RR |
| NA, QM 7-9-62 |
Protection for the Virginia Central RR |
| NP, HT 7-9-62 |
1 3/4 mile track-laying job in Texas |
| NP, RE 7-9-62 |
Operations resuming on the Virginia Central RR |
| NP, RR 7-9-62 |
North Carolina RR dividend declared |
| NP, GP 7-10-62 |
Reasons for the condition of the North
Carolina RR |
| NP, RD 7-10-62 |
Repairs to the Virginia Central RR |
| NP, RD 7-10A-62 |
Richmond & Danville RR hospital in
Richmond |
| NP, RE 7-10-62 |
Repairs to the Virginia Central RR |
| NP, WJ 7-10-62 |
North Carolina RR dividend |
| NP, CM 7-10-62 |
Restoring the Richmond & York River
RR |
| NA, ENG 7-11-62 |
Transportation for slaves |
| NP, RE 7-11-62 |
Hospital in the Richmond & Danville RR shops |
| NP, RE 7-11A-62 |
Accident on the Richmond & Danville RR |
| NP, RD 7-11-62 |
Various items |
| NP, WJ 7-11-62 |
60 miles of Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR
put under contract |
| NA, QM
7-12A-62 |
Recovering abandoned enemy property |
| NA, ENG 7-13-62 |
Transportation for logs |
| NA, ENG 7-14-62 |
Pass a message |
| NP, HT 7-14-62 |
Accident on the Houston Tap &
Brazoria RR |
| NP, WJ 7-14-62 |
North Carolina RR annual report |
| NP, WJ 7-14A-62 |
Wilmington & Manchester RR accident |
| NA, ENG 7-15-62 |
Transportation for slaves |
| NP, RD 7-15-62 |
Richmond & Danville RR request to
extend their road in Richmond |
| NP, RD 7-16-62 |
Transportation of the wounded |
| NP, RD 7-16A-62 |
Accident on the Wilmington &
Manchester RR |
| NP, RR 7-16-62 |
North Carolina RR dividend |
| NP, SC 7-16-62 |
Charlotte & South Carolina RR
dividend |
| NP, SC 7-16A-62 |
Spartanburg & Union RR schedule |
| NA, ENG 7-17-62 |
Repairing the North Anna River bridge |
| NA, QM 7-17-62 |
Recovering damaged locomotives |
| NA, R&YR 7-17-62 |
Bridge contract with the Richmond & York River RR |
| NP, GP 7-17-62 |
North Carolina RR annual report |
| NP, MT 7-17-62 |
Macon & Western RR builds a new
locomotive |
| NP, RD 7-18-62 |
Car for donations for the hospitals |
| NP, RD 7-18A-62 |
Entire Virginia Central RR route open
again |
| NP, WJ 7-19-62 |
North Carolina RR Board of Directors elected |
| UA, A&MR 7-20-62 |
Request for iron |
| NP, HT 7-21-62 |
Texas & New Orleans RR schedule |
| NP, RE 7-21-62 |
Crash in Richmond |
| NA, ENG 7-22-62 |
Repairing the North Anna River bridge |
| NP, RD 7-22-62 |
Raid on Beaver Dam Station |
| NP, RD 7-22A-62 |
Richmond & Danville RR freight rule |
| NP, RD 7-23-62 |
Railroad accident |
| NP, WJ 7-23-62 |
Virginia Central RR cars detained |
| NA, ENG 7-24-62 |
Repairing the North Anna River bridge |
| NP, YE 7-24-62 |
Macon & Western RR builds a new
locomotive |
| NP, RD 7-25-62 |
Checking passes on railroads |
| NP, RD 7-26-62 |
Need car for hospital food |
| NP, RD 7-26A-62 |
Virginia Central RR machinery brought
back to Richmond |
| NP, WJ 7-26-62 |
South Side RR accident |
| NA, QM 7-29-62 |
Impressing cars |
| NA, QM 7-30-62 |
Impressing cars |
| NA, ENG 7-30-62 |
Axes for Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR |
| NP, HT 7-30-62 |
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado RR
schedule |
| NP, HT 7-30A-62 |
Houston Tap & Brazoria RR schedule |
| NP, RR 7-30-62 |
Railroad accident |
| SOR, Series 94, Page 518 |
Salt movement in Georgia |
| NA, PIW 7-31-62 |
Bill for work |
| NP, RD 7-31-62 |
Shipping dead bodies |
| NP, RD 7-31A-62 |
South Side RR repairs needed |
| August, 1862 |
| AR, WNC 8-1-62 |
Land use agreement |
| NP, RE 8-2-62 |
Richmond & Danville RR accident |
| NP, RD 8-2-62 |
Richmond & Danville RR accident |
| NA, QM 8-3-62 |
Travel for sick and wounded soldiers |
| NA, QM 8-4-62 |
Government locomotives to be rented, not sold |
| NP, CE 8-4-62 |
Three Union locomotives saved on the
Richmond & York River RR |
| NP, RD 8-4-62 |
Arrival of a captured locomotive |
| NP, RD 8-5-62 |
Runaways caught |
| NP, WJ 8-5-62 |
Cars for army donations |
| NP, HT 8-6-62 |
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas RR is
under repair |
| NP, WJ 8-6-62 |
Wayside hospital at the Wilmington &
Weldon RR depot |
| NP, SC 8-7-62 |
Spartanburg & Union RR annual meeting |
| NP, RD 8-7-62 |
36 runaways listed |
| NA, ENG 8-8-62 |
Careless near the tracks |
| NA, ENG 8-8A-62 |
Careless near the tracks |
| NP, RD 8-8-62 |
Danger on the Norfolk & Petersburg RR |
| NA, QM 8-9-62 |
Sharp to investigate Charleston to Raleigh delays |
| NP, RD 8-9-62 |
Raid on the Virginia Central RR |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 848 |
Requirement for a railroad controller recognized |
| NP, RD 8-13-62 |
Accident on the Mobile & Ohio RR |
| NP, GP 8-14-62 |
New Superintendent for the North Carolina
RR |
| NP, RD 8-14-62 |
A trip from Richmond to Augusta |
| NP, WJ 8-15-62 |
Water on the cars |
| NA, ENG 8-16-62 |
Railroad iron for fortifications |
| NP, RD 8-16-62 |
Accident on the Virginia & Tennessee RR |
| NP, RD 8-16A-62 |
Accident on the Virginia Central RR |
| ORN Vol. 2, Page 241 |
Status of the Navy as relates to railroads |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 54 |
President's call for railroad control legislation |
| NP, WJ 8-19-62 |
Macon & Western RR produces a
locomotive |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 12, Pt 3, Page 937 |
Repairing a Virginia Central RR bridge |
| NP, GP 8-21-62 |
Stop buying arms under the authority of
Wm. Ashe |
| NP, GP 8-21A-62 |
25% pay raise for Richmond & Danville
RR employees |
| NP, RD 8-22-62 |
Accident on the Virginia Central RR |
| ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 598 |
Armor for the CSS Mississippi |
| NP, RD 8-27-62 |
Accident on the Richmond, Fredericksburg
& Potomac RR |
| NP, WJ 8-27-62 |
Call for railroad convention |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 600 |
Wood from the line of the Northeastern RR |
| NP, GP 8-28-62 |
2 locomotives captured from Pope |
| Battle of Second Manassas
-- August 29-30, 1862 |
| September, 1862 |
| NP, RD 9-1-62 |
Repair of the Nashville & Chattanooga
RR |
| NA, A&F 9-2-62 |
Use of Alabama & Florida (of Florida) iron |
| NA, ENG 9-2-62 |
Searching for missing shipment |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 793 |
Union locomotive on the Nashville &
Chattanooga RR available for capture |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 794 |
Reclaiming the Nashville &
Chattanooga RR |
| SOR, Series 94, Page 585 |
Restrictions due to smallpox |
| NA, A&F 9-6-62 |
Price of iron |
| NP, WJ 9-6-62 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR dividend |
| B5, RCC 9-8-62 |
Permission to use temporary tracks |
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Yellow Fever Epidemic in Wilmington -- September
9-November 11, 1862 |
| NP, HT 9-10-62 |
Railroad strike in Texas |
| NP, RD 9-10-62 |
Permission to use temporary tracks |
| NP, RD 9-10A-62 |
Should captured locomotives be sold? |
| NP, YE 9-10-62 |
Report of a railroad convention |
| NP, HT 9-12-62 |
Yellow fever on the Texas & New
Orleans RR route |
| NP, RD 9-15-62 |
Report of death of Wm. Ashe, President, Wilmington
& Weldon and first coordinator of Confederate RRs |
| NP, WJ 9-15-62 |
Report of death of Wm. Ashe, President, Wilmington
& Weldon and first coordinator of Confederate RRs |
| NP, WJ 9-15A-62 |
Funeral announcement for Wm. Ashe |
| NP, RD 9-15A-62 |
Virginia & Tennessee RR's impact on the movement
of the mail |
| NA, ENG 9-16-62 |
Proposal for the Blue Mountain to Rome line. |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 836 |
Repairing the Nashville & Chattanooga
RR and the Memphis & Charleston RR |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 839 |
Rebuilding the Tennessee River bridge on
the Nashville & Chattanooga RR |
| NP, RR 9-17-62 |
Report of death of Wm. Ashe, President, Wilmington
& Weldon and first coordinator of Confederate RRs |
| Battle of Antietam --
September 17, 1862 |
| MA, MC 9-17-62 |
No more shipments on the Mississippi Central RR
without QM authorization |
| NP, WJ 9-17-62 |
Annual meeting of the Wilmington,
Charlotte & Rutherford RR |
| NP, GP 9-18-62 |
3 locomotives captured near Stevenson,
Ala. |
| NP, RD 9-18-62 |
Two captured locomotives |
| NP, RD 9-18A-62 |
Virginia Central RR schedule change |
| NP, RD 9-18B-62 |
Bridge repaired on the Orange &
Alexandria RR |
| NA, LS 9-20-62 |
Locomotive Shop receipt |
| NP, WJ 9-20-62 |
Shortage of food in Wilmington |
| NP, WJ 9-20A-62 |
Election of a new president for the
Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| NP, RD 9-21-64 |
Raid on the Orange & Alexandria RR |
| NP, RD 9-23-62 |
Status of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
& Potomac RR |
| NP, RD 9-24-62 |
Slaves returned from Harpers Ferry |
| NP, RE 9-25-62 |
Virginia Central RR locomotive explosion |
| NP, GP 9-25-62 |
RR convention in Columbia |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 813 |
Status of the Eastern Texas RR |
| NP, RD 9-29-62 |
What the Confederates got at Manassas |
| NP, WJ 9-29-62 |
Runaway from the Wilmington &
Manchester RR |
| NP, WJ 9-29A-62 |
Wilmington & Weldon RR schedule
change |
| NP, WJ 9-29B-62 |
Death on the Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| NA, MG 9-30-62 |
Rental of Manassas Gap RR cars |
| NA, A&F 9-x-62 |
Iron used from various roads |
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