Virginia & Tennessee

The road was chartered in 1849, construction began in 1850 and was completed in 1856. It was intended to connect Lynchburg, Virginia to Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee by connecting to the Tennessee roads at Bristol.

The road was essential to the South. It provided part of the Chattanooga to Richmond route, allowing the rapid movement of supplies from the copper mines near Cleveland, Tennessee, the lead mines near Bristol, the salt works at Saltville, Virginia and saltpeter caves throughout the region. It also provided the agricultural production from an area of southwest Virginia that was little touched by the war. 

See also: Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Shipments , Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Tonnage, Eastward , Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Tonnage, Westward , and Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Tonnage, Eastbound Food

Black's Number 14 (map)
Track 224 miles of 5 foot gauge; 206 miles of 60# T-rail, 5 miles of 56# T-rail, 10 miles of 50# T-rail, and many sidings of U-rail of unknown weight 
Locomotives 39; 40 names
Cars 406
Stations 38
Officers Most
Employees All
Buildings 1860
Locomotive Usage 1860-1865
Passengers 1860 - 1865
Freight 1860 - 1865
Salt 1860 - 1865
Tredegar Purchases All
Significant Documents
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NA, QM 10-18-61
LVA, TRED 10-18B-61
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LVA, TRED 11-13C-61
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NP, AP 11-29-61
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OR Series 1, Vol. 21, Page 1111
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OR Series 1, Vol. 19, Part 2, Page 658A
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B6, GA 3-24-63
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OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
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OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1105
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NA, ENG 3-18C-64
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OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 756
OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 772
B3, LEE 4-16-64
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NP, RD 8-26A-64
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NP, RD 9-27-64
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NA, QM 11-7A-64
NP, LV 12-7-64
NP, RD 12-10-64
B4, V&T 12-15-64
NP, RCF 12-16-64
NP, LV 12-23-64
NP, LV 12-26-64
NP, RD 1-13-65
NA, V&T 2-7-65
NP, LV 3-8-65

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