|
Norfolk &
Petersburg |
| This road was chartered in 1851.
Construction began in 1853 and was completed in 1858. This road was heavily used to remove the hundreds of captured artillery
pieces from Norfolk and to rebuild the USS Merrimac into the CSS
Virginia. |
| Black's Number |
11 (map) |
| Track |
85 miles of 5 foot gauge 62# T-rail |
| Locomotives |
6; 6 names |
| Cars |
98 |
| Stations |
13 |
| Officers |
All for 1861 |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Significant Documents |
| NP, RD 1-28-61 |
| NP, RD 2-13-61 |
| NP, RD 4-25A-61 |
| NP, RD 4-29-61 |
| LVA, TRED 5-27-61 |
| NP, RD 8-23-61 |
| LVA, R&P 10-20-61 |
| LVA, N&P 10-26-61 |
| NP, RD 11-4-61 |
| NP, SCS 2-1-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 485 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 490 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 507 |
| NP, RD 8-8-62 |
| ORN Series 1, Vol. 8, Page 843 |
| NA, ENG 1-29B-63 |
| NA, N&P
1-31-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-4A-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-25-63 |
| NA, ENG 3-10B-63 |
| NA, ENG 4-7A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 1037 |
| NA, ENG 5-11-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 329 |
| NA, ENG 3-7B-64 |
| NA, N&P
3-28-64 |
| NP, RD 6-25-64 |
| NA, QM 9-23A-64 |
| NA, QM 10-27D-64 |
| NA, QM 10-31-64 |
| NA, QM 11-10-64 |
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