Petersburg

The road was chartered in 1830. Construction began in 1832 and was completed in 1833. It was a critical link in the flow of supplies from the rest of the South and the blockade running ports of Wilmington and Charleston to Richmond.
Black's Number 12 (map)
Track 81 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge 50# U & T-rail
Locomotives 13; 14 names
Cars 180
Stations 11
Officers Most
Inventories January 1, 1862
Passengers & Freight 1861
Passengers 1863
Tredegar Purchases All
Significant Documents
NP, RD 1-2-61
NP, RD 5-2-61
NP, RD 5-31-61
NP, RD 6-18A-61
NP, RD 7-22-61
NP, WJ 9-12-61
LVA, TRED 10-5-61
LVA, R&P 10-11-61
LVA, R&P 10-16-61
LVA, R&P 10-20-61
LVA, TRED 11-13A-61
NA, QM 11-27-61
LVA, R&P 12-21-61
NP, RR 12-25-61
NP, RD 1-14A-62
NP, HR 1-22-62
NP, RD 2-8-62
NA, QM 4-21A-62
NP, RD 5-5A-62
NP, RD 5-6-62
NP, WJ 7-2-62
NP, RR 11-8D-62
LVA, TRED 11-29-62
LVA, TRED 12-10-62
LVA, TRED 1-6-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 875A
NP, WJ 4-9-63
B7, WC&R 5-18-63
NA, ENG 6-4-63
NP, RD 6-17-63
NP, RR 8-1A-63
NA, ENG 8-6-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 736
NA, QM 1-9A-64
NA, QM 1-18-64
NA, ENG 1-18-64
NA, ENG 1-26-64
NA, QM 3-13A-64
LVA, TRED 3-17-64
NP, RD 3-18-64
AR, R&P 4-6-64
AR, R&P 4-7-64
NP, RD 5-11-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 987
NP, RD 6-4-64
NP, RD 6-25-64
NP, RD 6-27A-64
NA, QM 6-29B-64
NA, QM 6-30-64
NA, QM 7-4A-64
NA, QM 7-7-64
NP, RD 7-9-64
B4, LEE 7-21-64
NA, QM 8-20-64
B3, LEE 8-22-64
NP, RD 8-26-64
NP, RD 8-26A-64
NP, RD 8-30A-64
NA, QM 9-28-64
NA, QM 9-30-64
NA, QM 10-5-64
NA, QM 10-13-64
NP, AC 12-15-64
NA, QM 1-4-65
NP, CO 1-16B-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1426

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