|
Nashville &
Chattanooga |
| The road was chartered in 1845.
Construction began in 1848 and was completed between the two cities in 1854. As with the
Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Virginia, this road supported both
sides' armies at the same time in 1863.
There appear to have been small railroads built in the Bridgeport,
Tennessee area that were serviced by Nashville & Chattanooga
Railroad
rolling stock. Exact names, or even the existence, of these
roads during the War is uncertain, but there appear to have been roads
to the Aetna Mining Company; to mines 8 miles southeast of Shellmound, Georgia
from a connection at
that point (the Gordon's Mine Railroad); and
to the Huntsville Coal Company, near Bolivar in northeastern Alabama,
from a connection near Stevenson. All of
these are mentioned in an 1858 annual report, the Jasper road is
mentioned in a Union Officer's diary during the siege of Chattanooga,
and the Shellmound road is on a map in the Atlas of the Official Records
and in several dispatches in the OR.
|
| Black's Number |
68 (map)
(Shelbyville
Branch map) |
| Track |
255 miles of 5 foot gauge, with 55# and 65#
U-rail having been replaced by like weight T-rail on all but 39 miles.
The U-rail had been laid on runners, like strap rail, but was being
replaced by T-rail, laid on cross ties. The Shelbyville Branch was laid
with 35# strap rail. The U. S. Army reported removing some 48#
U-rail. |
| Locomotives |
37; 37 names |
| Cars |
380 |
| Stations |
32 |
| Officers |
Most for all years |
| Locomotive Usage |
1861 |
| Passengers |
1861 |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Annual Reports |
|
| Significant Documents |
| NP, NUA 1-1-61 |
| NP, NUA 1-1E-61 |
| NP, CJ 1-23B-61 |
| NP, MDA 1-25-61 |
| NP, MDA 1-29-61 |
| NP, NP 1-29-61 |
| NP, SRDR 2-5-61 |
|
NP, C
2-15-61 |
| NP, GCG 2-15-61 |
| NP, NUA 2-19A-61 |
| NP, NUA 2-19C-61 |
|
NP, NUA
2-20-61 |
|
NP, SV
2-22-61 |
| NP, AP 3-1-61 |
| NP, ASCY 6-16A-61 |
| LVA, TRED 8-30-61 |
|
NA, QM
9-3A-61 |
| NP, RD 9-28A-61 |
| NA,
N&C 10-1-61 |
| NP, MAP 10-11-61 |
| NP, MAP 11-15-61 |
| NA,
N&C 12-23-61 |
|
NA, SWR
2-12-62 |
|
NA, WD
2-21A-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 7, Page 905 |
|
NA, WD
2-24-62 |
|
NA, WD
2-24A-62 |
|
NP, ATD
2-27-62 |
| NP, SW 3-5-62 |
| NP, NOTP 3-7-62 |
| NA, QM 3-22-62 |
| UG, N&C 3-23-62 |
|
NA, DSCG
3-25-62 |
|
NA, DET
4-2-62 |
| NA, QM 4-4-62 |
| NA,
N&C 4-9-62 |
|
NA, N&C
4-9A-62 |
| UG, W&A 4-9-62 |
| NP, NOTP 4-12-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 10, Part 2, Page 420 |
|
NP, SMN
4-16A-62 |
| NA,
RR 4-19B-62 |
| NA,
RR 4-20-62 |
| NP, RD
4-21-62 |
| NA,
N&C 5-2-62 |
|
NP, SMN
5-5-62 |
|
NA, N&C
5-6-62 |
| NP, RD 5-19-62 |
| NP, RD 5-26-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 7, Page 429 |
|
NA, N&C
6-4-62 |
|
NA, N&C
6-5-62 |
| NA,
N&C 6-8-62 |
| NA, N&C
6-9-62 |
| NP, ASCY 6-11A-62 |
| NP, WJ 6-12-62 |
|
NA, N&C
6-13-62 |
| NP, MT 6-13-62 |
| NA, N&C
6-22-62 |
| NA,
N&C 6-27-62 |
|
NA, N&C
6-27A-62 |
| NA,
N&C 7-10-62 |
|
NA, RRB
8-7D-62 |
|
NA, C 8-27-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 785 |
| NP, RD 9-1-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 793 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 794 |
|
NA, C 9-10-62 |
| NP, MAP 9-13-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 836 |
|
NA, QMR
9-17-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 16, Part 2, Page 839 |
|
NA, C 9-20-62 |
|
NA, C
9-20A-62 |
|
NA, C
9-20B-62 |
|
NA, C 9-21-62 |
|
NP, SMN
9-22-62 |
| NP, MT 9-25-62 |
| NA, L&N
9-26-62 |
| NP, MAR 9-27-62 |
|
NP, SMN
9-27A-62 |
|
NA, DET
9-28-62 |
|
NA, DET
9-30-62 |
|
NA, N&C
9-x-62 |
|
NA, DET
10-1-62 |
| NP, CDR 10-1-62 |
| NP, CDR 10-1B-62 |
|
NA, DET
10-2-62 |
|
NA, DET
10-2A-62 |
|
NA, DET
10-3A-62 |
| NA,
N&C 10-4-62 |
|
NA, DET
10-10-62 |
|
NP,
SMN 10-10A-62 |
|
NA, DET
10-11-62 |
|
NA, DET
10-16-62 |
|
NA, N&C
10-x-62 |
|
NA, DET
11-1-62 |
|
NA, DET
11-3-62 |
|
NA, ENG
11-5-62 |
|
NA, DET
11-6-62 |
|
NA, DET
11-6A-62 |
|
NA, DET
11-6B-62 |
|
NA, DET
11-6C-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 20, Part 2, Page 416 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 20, Part 2, Page 421 |
| NP, HT 11-24-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 20, Part 2, Page 426 |
| NP, MAP 11-29-62 |
| NA,
N&C 11-30-62 |
|
NA, QMR
12-2A-62 |
|
NA, SWR
12-5-62 |
| NP, HT 12-12A-62 |
|
NA, N&C
12-15-62 |
| NA,
RR 12-20A-62 |
|
NA, N&C
12-23-62 |
|
NA, QMR
12-23-62 |
| NP, RD 12-25-62 |
| UG, N&C 12-29-62 |
| NP, MM 12-30-62 |
| NA, N&C
12-31-62 |
| NP, RD 12-31-62 |
| NP, WJ 1-5-63 |
|
NP, RC
1-9-63 |
|
AHC, LPG
1-13-63 |
| NA,
N&C 1-24-63 |
|
NA, N&C
2-2-63 |
| NA,
N&C 2-4-63 |
| NP, AC 2-7-63 |
|
NA, QMR
2-16B-63 |
| NA,
N&C 2-17-63 |
|
NA, N&C
2-17A-63 |
| NA, QM 2-18-63 |
| NA,
N&C 2-19-63 |
| NA,
N&C 2-21-63 |
|
NP, SMN
3-11-63 |
| NA,
N&C 3-15-63 |
|
NP, DB
4-1C-63 |
|
NA, QMR
4-6-63 |
| NP, VW 4-6-63 |
|
NA, QMR
4-10-63 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| NA,
MAXWELL 4-16-63 |
| NA,
N&C 4-22-63 |
|
AHC, LPG
5-3-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 23, Part 2, Page 826 |
| NA, QM 5-11-63 |
| NA, QM 5-13-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 23, Part 2, Page 849 |
| NA,
SWT 5-29-63 |
|
NA, AA 6-1-63 |
|
NA, QMR
6-10-63 |
| NA, QM 6-12-63 |
|
NA, QMR
6-12-63 |
|
NP, SR
6-25-63 |
| AL, N&C 6-30-63 |
| NA,
CSN 6-30-63 |
| NP, AC 7-2-63 |
| NP, CR 7-3-63 |
|
NP, SMN
7-10-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 23, Part 2, Page 925 |
| NA,
MAXWELL 7-30-63 |
| NA,
N&C 8-13-63 |
| NA,
N&C 8-13A-63 |
|
NA, CSN
9-7-63 |
| NP, AI 9-12-63 |
|
NA, QMR
9-23-63 |
| NP,
WJ 9-26-63 |
|
NA, QMR
10-2-63 |
| RRBAT 10-25A-1863 |
| NP,
WJ 11-17-63 |
| NA,
MAXWELL 12-4-63 |
| UG, W&A 12-12-63 |
| RRBAT 12-21-1863 |
|
AHC, LPG
12-29-63 |
| NP, RD 1-5A-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 602A |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 2, Page 612 |
| NA, G 2-3-64 |
| NA, ENG 3-28-64 |
|
NA, RRB
4-1A-64 |
|
AHC, LPG
4-4-64 |
| NP, RD 5-3-64 |
|
NP, WJ
5-5A-64 |
| NP, MAP 6-21-64 |
| NP, SR 6-25-64 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 537 |
| NP, AC 9-3-64 |
| MISC, N&C 10-10-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 2, Page 656 |
| NA,
SWR 12-16-64 |
| MISC, N&C 3-24-65 |
| OR Series 3, Vol. 5, Page 933 |
|