South Carolina

This road was made by consolidating several smaller lines and adding new branches. Its first component, the Charleston & Hamburg, was one of the first half-dozen railroads in the United States and was built to increase the traffic of Charleston Harbor. The finished road was one of the longest in the South. It was, among other things, the link between Charleston and Augusta -- two major cities of the Confederacy's war effort.

See also Disruption of Normal Trade to Charleston

Black's Number 29 (map)
Track 242 miles of 5 foot gauge of unknown type and weight
Locomotives 62; 68 names
Cars 849
Stations 55
Officers Many
Imports 1863
Slaves 1861/2/3
Locomotive Usage 1861, 1862, 1863
Passengers 1861 - 1863
Freight 1860 - 1863
Tredegar Purchases All
Significant Documents
NP, SC 3-16A-61
NP, SC 5-1A-61
NA, QM 5-31-61
NP, WJ 6-29-61
NP, CM 7-1-61
NP, CM 7-1A-61
NP, CM 7-1H-61
LVA, TRED 9-28-61
LVA, TRED 10-14-61
LVA, TRED 11-15-61
NP, CM 11-18-61
NP, SC 12-5-61
NP, RD 12-31A-61
NP, RD 1-1A-62
NP, RD 2-13B-62
NP, TD 2-19-62
B3, LEE 2-22-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 6,  Page 407
SC, QM 3-18-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 6,  Page 428
NP, WJ 4-29-62
NP, RD 4-30A-62
NP, RD 11-5A-62
NP, RR 11-12-62
NP, SC 11-28A-62
NP, SC 2-1-63
NP, SC 2-1D-63
NP, WJ 4-14-63
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
NP, WJ 5-13-63
NP, RR 6-3-63
NP, AC 7-10-63
NP, AC 7-18-63
NA, QM 7-21A-63
RRBAT 10-25B-1863
NP, CC 11-6-63
NP, CC 11-17-63
RRBAT 12-19B-1863
NA, SC 12-21-63
NP, SC 12-24A-63
NP, CC 12-30A-63
NP, RD 1-14-64
NA, ENG 1-20-64
NP, SC 1-26-64
NA, NE 2-10-64
NA, W&M 2-24-64
NP, SC 2-26-64
NP, SC 2-28-64
NP, SC 3-9-64
NA, QM 3-18B-64
NA, ENG 3-5A-64
NA, QM 3-28-64
NA, QM 4-1C-64
NA, ENG 4-14A-64
NP, SC 4-21-64
NA, QM 4-28A-64
NA, QM 4-29B-64
NA, ENG 4-29D-64
NA, ENG 5-2B-64
NA, ENG 5-3-64
NA, ENG 5-19D-64
NP, SC 6-11-64
NA, QM 7-28A-64
NA, QM 9-23-64
NA, QM 10-1-64
NP, CM 10-21-64
NP, AC 11-23-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 44, Page 923
NP, AC 12-24A-64
NP, AC 1-4A-65
NP, AC 1-14-65
NP, AC 1-15-65
NP, CO 1-16-65
NP, SC 1-19B-65
NP, RD 1-23-65
NP, YE 1-25-65
NP, YE 2-1A-65
NP, AC 2-7-65
NP, AC 3-30-65
NP, AC 3-31-65
NP, AC 4-4-65

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