Affairs of the Southern Railroads

A Congressional investigation was held in 1866 to determine whether the railroads of the Confederacy should be allowed to operate as private businesses or whether they had been part of the Confederate Government and should be considered "spoils of war." The transcripts of the various investigative sessions runs 480 pages of very small type. Attached as an appendix are annual reports from 24 railroads. Most are late 1865 or 1866 reports, with extensive recaps of the losses suffered during the later part of the war, the condition of the road when the war ended, and actions taken to restore the roads to operations. There are many fragments of information from earlier years.

I have found only two copies of this book. One is in the Rare Book room of Wake Forrest University, at location HE 2762 U6 1867. The other copy is in the Hagley Library in Wilmington, DE

Below are the reports included:

Railroad Pages Period Covered
Alabama & Florida (of Alabama) 892-903 9/31/64-9/31/65
Alabama & Tennessee River 861-876 6/1/64-3/31/66
Central (of Georgia) 1005-1017 11/31/63-11/31/65
East Tennessee & Georgia 539-550 9/30/64-9/30/65
Georgia 982-1004 5/15/65-5/15/66
Knoxville & Kentucky 554-559 2/28/60-2/28/61
Louisville & Nashville 621-692 6/30/65-6/30/66
Macon & Western 941-964 12/31/634-12/31/65
Macon & Brunswick 965-973 12/31/64-12/31/65
Memphis & Charleston 709-758 6/30/61-6/30/66
Mississippi & Tennessee 759-801 9/30/62-9/30/65
Mississippi Central 801-817 8/31/65-8/31/66
Mobile & Great Northern 903-920 5/1/65-3/31/66
Mobile & Ohio 832-856 12/31/63-12/31/65
Montgomery & West Point 877-891 2/28/65-2/28/66
Nashville & Chattanooga 561-581 6/30/60-6/30/61
       "                    " 602-621 Status 1/1/66
New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern 817-832 6/24/65-2/28/66
Selma & Meridian                                (Alabama & Mississippi Rivers) 857-860 5/15/65-12/31/65
South Carolina 1032-1066 12/31/64-12/31/65
South Western 974-981 7/31/64-7/31/65
Tennessee & Alabama 692-709 6/30/65-6/30/66
Virginia & Tennessee 483-538 6/30/64-6/30/65
Western & Atlantic 920-941 9/30/65-9/30/66
Wills Valley 1018-1032 3/31/63-3/31/66

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