Richmond & Petersburg Locomotives
1861

J. H. Cox, being worn out, was dismantled during the summer.
1862

Atlantic was purchased from Richmond & York River RR and Tecumseh was purchased in February from Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR. In March, Locomotive Number 1 is listed as having run 122 miles; it was probably rented from Manassas Gap RR (see next note).

March 31, 1863
Washington, Jefferson Davis, and Holden Rhodes were captured engines purchased from the Confederate government. Jefferson Davis and Holden Rhodes were probably Baltimore & Ohio RR locomotives No 231 and 235, but there is no evidence of  which name belongs to which number. Washington was captured from Pope. Two additional locomotives were rented from the Manassas Gap RR (one in April and the other in August) (three locomotives -- Numbers 1-3 -- are shown in the chart accompanying that statement).
One locomotive was rented from the Manassas Gap RR for several weeks in March.
Name Number Type Date Builder Weight Cylinders Driver Diam
Phoenix   4x4x0 1838 Bolton & Hicks   10"x16" 54"
J. H. Cox   4x6x0 9/1846 Baldwin  12 12"x16" 42"
Black Diamond   4x6x0 1847 Baldwin   12"x16" 42"
Pocahontas   4x4x0 7/1848 Baldwin 12 12.5"x18" 54"
Chesterfield   4x4x0 3/1852 Baldwin 12 11.5"x20" 54"
Henrico   4x4x0 1852 Burr & Ettenger 18  11"x18" 54"
Clover Hill   4x4x0 1853 Tredegar   12.5"x20" 60"
M. W. Baldwin   4x4x0 3/1854 Baldwin 12 12.5"x20" 60"
Mazeppa   4x4x0 1854 Company shops   12"x18" 56"
T. Dodamead   4x4x0 1857 Uriah Wells   13.5"x24" 66"
Tecumseh   4x4x0  1845 A. McCausland 17 10.5"x18" 54"
Atlantic   4x4x0 7/1860  Tredegar   14"x22" 60"
Washington    4x4x0   Baldwin   15.5"x20" 42"
Jefferson Davis    4x4x0   Mason   16"x22" 60"
Holden Rhodes   4x4x0   Mason   16"x22" 60"
  1 4x4x0  1852 Smith & Perkins 24  15"x20" 60"
  2 4x4x0  1852 Smith & Perkins  23 15"x20" 54"
  3 4x4x0  1853 Smith & Perkins  24 15"x20" 60"

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