Confederate Railroads Original Documents 1864

October - December
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}.  
Original Documents Sources and Comments
 
1864 (July, August, September) This Page 1865 (January, February, March, April)
October, 1864
NA, A&F 10-1-64 Iron Purchases
NA, QM 10-1-64 Sales to railroads for which payment has not been received
NA, PIW 10-1-64 Construction of box cars
NP, LV 10-1-64 Virginia & Tennessee RR accident
NP, RS 10-3-64 Richmond & Danville RR President injured
NP, RD 10-3-64 Richmond & Danville RR President injured
NA, QM 10-5-64 Return the Petersburg RR men
NA, QM 10-5A-64 Resume shipments to Petersburg
NP, RD 10-5-64 Derailment in Richmond
NP, RD 10-6-64 Runaway from the Richmond & Petersburg RR
NP, RCF 10-7-64 Iron for the Chatham RR
NA, R&P 10-8-64 Request for the detail of a man
UA, SIW 10-9-64 Shipping corn in Alabama
NA, QM 10-10-64 Keep the teams on the Virginia Central RR busy and supplied
NA, QM 10-10A-64 New payment method
NP, CW 10-10-64 Solution to mail problem from Richmond to North Carolina
NP, RD 10-10-64 New Richmond & Danville RR schedule
NP, RCF 10-12-64 Defending the actions of the railroads
NA, QM 10-13-64 Return the Petersburg RR men
NP, LV 10-13-64 Virginia & Tennessee RR annual meeting
NP, RD 10-15-64 Status of the East Tennessee & Virginia RR
NP, RCF 10-15-64 Defending the removal of iron
NP, RCF 10-15A-64 Criticism of the railroads
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 742 Blue Mountain to Jacksonville, Al extension
NP, AC 10-20-64 Rules for slaves to ride the Georgia RR
NA, QM 10-21-64 Building a Montgomery to Union Springs RR
NA, QM 10-21A-64 Availability of funds
NP, CM 10-21-64 Railroad support for Charleston
NA, QM 10-22-64 Connections in Alabama
NA, QM 10-22A-64 Lack of water
NA, QM 10-22B-64 Keep men at their duties
NA, QM 10-22C-64 Keep men at their duties
NA, QM 10-26-64 Who rides the Ambulance train
NP, RD 10-26-64 East Tennessee & Virginia RR status
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 855 Repairs and iron removal
NA, QM 10-27-64 Control of Columbia to Greensboro traffic
NA, QM 10-27A-64 Press the corn forward
NA, QM 10-27B-64 Seize no more trains of that road without orders
NA, QM 10-27C-64 The road is not doing its duty
NA, QM 10-27D-64 Private freight to Richmond
NP, GP 10-27-64 Passage rules for negroes on the Piedmont RR
NP, RD 10-27-64 Railroad accident
NP, RS 10-27-64 Railroad accident
NP, RW 10-27-64 Railroad accident
NP, LV 10-27-64 Railroad accident
NP, TAR 10-27-64 Status of the Memphis & Charleston RR and Mobile & Ohio RR near Corinth
NA, QM 10-28-64 Leave men alone until the list is corrected
UA, SIW 10-28-64 Cars for the Shelby Iron Works
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 864 Feeding Hood's army
NA, QM 10-31-64 Contract objections
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 871 Feeding Hood's army
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 872 Feeding Hood's army
SOR, Series 95, Page 677 Status of the Western & Atlantic RR
NP, CW 10-31-64 Future RR from Fayetteville to Greensboro, N. C.
NP, CW 10-31A-64 Movement of prisoners from Richmond South
November, 1864
NA, QM 11-3-64 Quartermaster and Commissary corn shipments
UA, N&MB 11-3-64 Make two sets of locomotive tires immediately
NP, RD 11-5-64 Accidents on the Richmond & Danville RR and the Richmond & Petersburg RR
NP, RD 11-5A-64 Exemption numbers in Alabama
NA, QM 11-7-64 Freight without agents
NA, QM 11-7A-64 North Carolina salt
NA, QM 11-7B-64 Impressment of a train for wood
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 902 Feeding Hood's army
NA, QM 11-10-64 Rates for hauling forage
NA, QM 11-10A-64 New method of paying railroads
NP, RD 11-10-64 Exemptions for railroads
NP, LV 11-11-64 Piedmont RR accident
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 916 Repairing the Mobile & Great Northern RR
NP, RD 11-14-64 Richmond & Petersburg RR stockholder meeting
NP, RS 11-15-64 Richmond & Danville RR car shed fire
NP, RD 11-15-64 Richmond & Danville RR car shed fire
NP, LV 11-15-64 East Tennessee & Virginia RR status
March to the Sea -- November 15 - December 21, 1864
OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 1, Page 1212 Feeding Hood's army
NA, QM 11-16-64 Route for corn for Petersburg
NP, MS 11-16-64 Wilmington & Manchester RR schedule
NP, SC 11-16-64 Shelby & Broad River RR stockholder meeting
NA, A&G 11-19-64 Rate increase request
NP, AC 11-20-64 Georgia RR schedule
NA, QM 11-21-64 Iron for Charlotte & South Carolina RR
NP, LV 11-21-64 South Side RR schedule change
NP, RD 11-21-64 Runaway from the Richmond & Danville RR
NP, RCF 11-22-64 Wilmington & Weldon RR annual report
NP, AC 11-23-64 Cotton burned on the South Carolina RR
NP, AC 11-23A-64 Western & Atlantic RR annual report
NP, GP 11-24-64 Richmond & Danville RR car shed fire
NP, RD 11-25-64 Dividend payments
NP, RD 11-25A-64 Richmond & Danville RR accident
NP, SC 11-25-64 Greenville & Columbia RR schedule change
NP, SC 11-25A-64 Charlotte & South Carolina RR schedule change
NP, AC 11-30-64 Accident on the Savannah, Albany & Gulf RR
Battle of Franklin -- November 30, 1864
December, 1864
NP, RD 12-1-64 Locomotive explosion
OR Series 1, Vol. 44, Page 923 Where to stop Sherman
OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 2, Page 640 Repair of Georgia railroads after Sherman's passage
NP, RCF 12-2-64 Death in Danville
NP, RCF 12-2A-64 Status of the Georgia RR
NP, RCF 12-3-64 Death of a prisoner
NP, RCF 12-3A-64 Wilmington & Manchester RR annual meeting
NA, QM 12-5-64 Moving rolling stock to prevent its destruction
B6, W&A 12-5-64 Investigate the status of the Western & Atlantic RR
NP, CW 12-5-64 Western North Carolina RR ends Sunday trains
SCR, SA&G 12-6-64 Col. Screven will resume duties as President of his RR
UA, SIW 12-6-64 Request for iron
OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 2, Page 653 Repairing roads to Nashville
NA, QM 12-7-64 Cotton train to Richmond
NP, AC 12-7-64 Columbia & Hamburg RR necessity
NP, LV 12-7-64 Virginia & Tennessee RR dividend
UA, N&MB 12-8-64 Make tire iron immediately
NA, R&P 12-8-64 Running trains all night -- need telegraph office open
NP, GP 12-8-64 Accident on the Piedmont RR
NP, RE 12-8-64 Capture of 2 trains on the Memphis & Charleston RR
NP, TAR 12-8-64 New postal route across Georgia
NP, RD 12-8-64 Status of road repairs in Georgia
NA, QM 12-9-64 Trainmen must be retained
NP, AC 12-9-64 Tool for removing rails
NP, RCF 12-9-64 Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR annual meeting
NA, QM 12-10-64 Maj. Whitfield asks to create a RR repair force in the West
NP, RD 12-10-64 Raid on the Virginia & Tennessee RR
NP, RD 12-10A-64 Torpedo on the Florida RR
NP, RCF 12-10-64 Repaired railroads
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 930 Shipments to and from Charleston and Wilmington for the past year
NP, AC 12-11-64 Augusta RR Bureau location
UA, SIW 12-12-64 Tredegar spike machine to Col. Tate
NP, CE 12-12-64 Tennessee & Alabama RR running to support Gen. Hood
NP, RD 12-12-64 Richmond & Danville RR schedules change
NP, LV 12-12-64 Orange & Alexandria RR dividend
NP, AC 12-13-64 Status of the Central (of Georgia) RR
NA, QM 12-14-64 Moving troops by railroad
B4, LEE 12-14-64 Food for Lee
NA, G 12-14-64 Money for the Georgia RR
NP, HT 12-14-64 Washington County RR derailment
NP, RD 12-14-64 Richmond & Danville RR runaways
NP, RCF 12-14-64 Man killed by train in Salisbury, N. C.
NP, YE 12-14-64 Central (of Georgia) RR repair plans
NA, QM 12-15-64 Send your trains through from Charlotte to Danville
B4, V&T 12-15-64 Raid expected on the Virginia & Tennessee RR
D, RRB 12-15-64 Plan to work prisoners repairing locomotives
NP, AC 12-15-64 Raid on the Petersburg RR
NP, RD 12-15-64 Offer to hire slaves for the Richmond & Danville and Piedmont RRs
Battle of Nashville -- December 15-16, 1864
NP, RCF 12-16-64 Raid on the Virginia & Tennessee RR
NA, QM 12-16-64 Assist sending trains through from Charlotte to Danville
UA, SIW 12-16-64 Make 1/2 in square iron for RR spikes
NA, QM 12-17-64 Steamboats should use the railroad coupon system
NP, AC 12-17-64 Completing the Augusta & Milledgeville RR
NP, LV 12-17-64 Mobile & Great Northern RR bridges washed out
NP, LV 12-17A-64 Damage to the Virginia Central RR
NP, LV 12-17B-64 Damage to the Macon & Western RR
NP, RCF 12-17-64 Hands wanted for the Chatham RR
NA, QM 12-18-64 Ship corn to Atlanta to be ready when the railroads are repaired
OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 2, Page 704 Iron removal
NP, AC 12-18-64 500 hands wanted for the Chatham RR
NA, QM 12-19-64 Cotton to Richmond
NA, QM 12-19A-64 Will hold trains for Lee
NP, CM 12-19-64 Condition of Atlanta after Sherman left
NA, QM 12-20-64 Railroad accounts
UA, SIW 12-20-64 Permission to sell locomotive tires to two railroads
NP, AC 12-20-64 Raid on the Mississippi Central RR
NP, RCF 12-20-64 Raid on the Mobile & Great Northern RR
NP, RCF 12-20A-64 Piedmont RR annual meeting
D, A&WP 12-20-64 Iron to repair the Atlanta & West Point RR
D, A&MR 12-20-64 Status of the Tombigbee bridge on the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 382 Repair of Georgia railroads after Sherman's passage
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 383 Repair of Georgia railroads after Sherman's passage
Capture of Savannah -- December 21, 1864
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 384 Repair of Georgia railroads after Sherman's passage
NA, QM 12-21-64 Give priority to corn and provisions
MA, MC 12-21-64 Contract to operate part of the Mississippi Central RR
UA, SIW 12-21-64 Repair of the Decatur for the Shelby Iron Works RR
NP, AC 12-21-64 Construction of the Columbia & Augusta RR
NP, RD 12-21-64 Assistance for the Virginia railroads
NA, QM 12-22-64 Trains are loading with troops for Petersburg
NP, AC 12-22-64 Repair of the Georgia RR
NP, RCF 12-22-64 Hands for the Piedmont RR
NA, QM 12-23-64 Troop movements
UA, SIW 12-23-64 Bing pressed on all sides for spikes
NP, AC 12-23-64 South Western RR bridge completion
NP, AC 12-23A-64 Completion of the Augusta & Milledgeville RR
NP, LV 12-23-64 City of Lynchburg and Virginia & Tennessee RR stock
NA, QM 12-24-64 Paying railroad accounts
NP, AC 12-24-64 Route of the Columbia & Hamburg RR
NP, AC 12-24A-64 A plan to repair the Georgia-SC line of railroads
NP, LV 12-24-64 South Side RR bond payments
SC, QM 8-25-64 Two roads that could be stripped of rails
NP, LV 12-25-64 Removal of female Treasury clerks from Columbia to Richmond
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 2, Page 1198 Supplying Lee
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 968 Assistance with the Columbia & Augusta RR
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 2, Page 1198 Supply for Lee
NP, LV 12-26-64 Man killed on Virginia & Tennessee RR
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 385 The need to keep running the Charleston & Savannah RR
NA, QM 12-27-64 Corn for Lee
NA, QM 12-27A-64 Let the mail come on any train
NA, RRB 12-27-64 Assistance for RR Bureau auditor of accounts
NP, LV 12-27-64 Damage to the South Side RR from a dam break
NP, RD 12-27-64 Sherman's destruction of Georgia railroads
OR Series 1, Vol. 44, Page 995 Post-Sherman repair plan for the Central (of Georgia) RR
OR Series 1, Vol. 44, Part 1, Page 996 Completion of repairs to one section
NP, AC 12-28-64 Destruction of an Augusta & Savannah RR depot
NP, RD 12-29-64 Hands wanted for the Virginia Central RR
NP, RD 12-29A-64 Hood's railroad plans in Tennessee
NA, R&P 12-29-64 Arrangements for sealed cars
NA, QM 12-30-64 Many railroads needed for the next few days
NA, QM 12-30A-64 Little corn at Columbus
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1348 Impressment of Piedmont RR
NP, AC 12-30-64 Status of the Atlanta & West Point RR
NA, M&WP 12-31-64 Voucher for connecting track in Montgomery
NP, RD 12-31-64 Purchasing wood
NA, QM 12-31-64 Rebuilding the railroads
NA, QM 12-31A-64 Corn for Gordonsville
NP, RCF 12-31-64 Stopping passenger traffic north from North Carolina

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