| Below are the accidents I have been able to identify.
I'm sure there were many more that I will uncover and add to the list. |
| |
| 1862 |
| Date |
Railroad(s) |
Source |
Report |
| 1/5 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Richmond Dispatch
1/7 |
NP, RD
1-7-62
|
| Orange &
Alexandria |
Richmond Dispatch
1/14 |
NP, RD 1-14-62
|
| 1/7 |
Memphis &
Charleston |
Richmond Dispatch
1/15 |
NP, RD 1-15-62
|
| Memphis &
Charleston |
Richmond Dispatch
1/15 |
NP, RD
1-15A-62
|
| 1/9 |
Orange &
Alexandria |
Memphis Appeal 1/15 |
NP, MAP 1-15-62
|
| 1/14 |
South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury 1/16 |
NP, CM 1-16-62
|
| 1/17 |
South Carolina |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 1/22 |
NP, AC 1-22-62
|
| 1/18 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Annual Report |
The Eastern bound mail train ran
into a slide about one mile west of Marion, by which the
engine was thrown off the track and badly broken. The train
was detained at the place where the accident occurred until
the next day, (the 19th) when a freight engine having been
procured it started forward at about 5 o'clock, P. M. At 6:30
P. M., when about two miles east of Mount Airy, it came into
collision with an extra engine going westward, sent from
Central Depot for the purpose of taking the place of the
disabled engine of the mail train, in pursuance of a telegraph
dispatch directed to be sent on Saturday night the 18th, and
so dated by the Resident Engineer, James H. Buford, which
message, going to the telegraph office being closed before the
arrival of the messenger by whom it was sent to Glade Spring,
the nearest telegraph station, was not sent until the next day
(Sunday the 19th), and consequently was misunderstood by the
Foreman of the shops at Central Depot. The Conductor of the
mail train and the Engineer of the engine attached to it were
not appraised that the extra engine was coming. It was one of
those cases of misunderstanding that will sometimes occur
under such circumstances, when all concerned are actuated by
the best intentions. A soldier, by the name of Freeman, who
was on the platform of the baggage car next to the engine, had
both legs broken. He was taken to Wytheville and the bones
set, and became convalescent and in a fair way of recovery,
but by some imprudence not proper for a person in debilitated
condition, afterwards died. |
| Richmond Dispatch
1/21 |
NP, RD 1-21A-62 |
| 1/26 |
Charlotte & South
Carolina |
Charleston Mercury
1/29 |
NP, CM 1-29-62 |
| 1/30 |
Memphis & Ohio |
Memphis Appeal 2/1 |
NP, MAP 2-1-62 |
| 1/31 |
South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury 2/3 |
NP, CM 2-3-62 |
| 2/1 |
South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury 2/3 |
NP, CM 2-3-62 |
| 2/2 |
Memphis & Little
Rock |
Memphis
Daily State Journal 2/5 |
Part of
Colonel Samuel B. Maxey's 9th Texas Infantry Regiment were en
route from Little Rock to De Valls Bluff in several heavily
loaded passenger cars, with a locomotive at each end of the
train. Just before reaching De Valls Bluff, one of the cars
became uncoupled and the forward engine shot on ahead;
however, the engineer soon discovered the accident and held up
for the cars in the rear. The engineer of the rear locomotive
was unaware of the accident and crashed into the detached cars
at full speed. The wreck resulted in ten soldiers being
injured; one of the locomotives was heavily damaged and some
of the cars sustained lighter damage. |
| 2/4 |
Wilmington
& Manchester |
Wilmington Journal
2/5 |
NP, WJ 2-5-62
|
| Charleston Mercury
2/11 |
NP, CM 2-11-62
|
| 2/5 |
East
Tennessee & Georgia |
Athens
Post 2/6 |
NP, AP 2-6-62
|
| Richmond Dispatch
2/18 |
NP, RD 2-18A-62
|
| Mobile Advertiser
& Register |
NP, MAR 3-10-62 |
| 2/6 |
Virginia Central |
Richmond Dispatch 2/7 |
NP, RD 2-7A-62
|
| Memphis, Clarksville
& Louisville |
New Orleans Times
Picayune 2/9 |
NP, NOTP 2-9-62
|
| Macon & Western |
Southern Confederacy
2/7 |
NP, ASCY 2-7A-62
|
| 2/9 |
Richmond &
Petersburg |
Annual
Report |
A slave hired
of Mr. H. B. Homes, while coupling some cars at Clover Hill,
got hurt, and shortly afterwards died from the injury. |
| Virginia
& Tennessee |
Annual
Report |
A soldier, by
the name of Beckwith, from Arkansas, in attempting to get on
the train after it had started in the Lynchburg Depot, fell
between the cars and the platform and was so badly injured
that he died almost immediately. |
| Raleigh
Dispatch 2/15 |
NP, RR 2-15D-62 |
| Abt.
2/9 |
Virginia Central |
Charleston Mercury
2/12 |
NP, CM 2-12-62
|
| 2/10 |
North
Carolina |
Greensboro Patriot
2/11 |
NP, GP 2-11-62
|
| 2/11 |
South
Carolina |
Charleston Mercury
2/12 |
NP, CM 2-12B-62
|
| Richmond
Dispatch 2/13 |
NP, RD 2-13B-62
|
| Savannah Morning News
2/13 |
NP,
SMN 2-13A-62 |
| New Orleans True
Delta 2/19 |
NP, TD 2-19-62
|
| Yorkville Enquirer
2/20 |
NP, YE
2-20-62 |
| North
Carolina |
Wilmington Journal
2/14 |
NP, WJ 2-14-62
|
| Raleigh Register 2/15 |
NP, RR 2-15C-62
|
| Charleston Mercury
2/13 |
NP, CM 2-13-62
|
| Richmond Examiner
2/18 |
NP,
REX 2-18B-62 |
| Wilmington
& Manchester |
Richmond Dispatch
2/18 |
NP, RD 2-18-62
|
| 2/15 |
Alabama & Florida
(of Florida) |
Government Report |
NA,
A&F 5-7-62
|
| 2/19 |
Mississippi Central |
Memphis Appeal 2/21 |
NP, MAP 2-21A-62
|
| 2/23 |
Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac |
Carolina Watchman
2/24 |
NP, CW 2-24-62
|
| Nashville &
Chattanooga |
Arkansas True
Democrat 2/27 |
NP,
ATD 2-27-62 |
| 2/24 |
South
Side and Virginia & Tennessee |
Richmond Dispatch
2/26 |
NP, RD 2-26-62
|
| Western &
Atlantic |
Southern Confederacy
2/25 |
NP, ASCY 2-25-62
|
| 2/26 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Annual Report |
Negro boy run over and killed at
Millen in attempting to get on when train was backing |
| 2/27 |
New Orleans, Jackson
& Great Northern |
Annual Report |
|
| New Orleans Times
Picayune 2/28 |
NP, NOTP 2-28A-62 |
| Richmond Dispatch 3/6 |
NP, RD 3-6A-62 |
| Richmond Dispatch
3/10 |
NP, RD 3-10-62 |
| ? |
Wilmington Journal
3/1 |
NP, WJ 3-1-62 |
| 3/1 |
Nashville &
Chattanooga |
Southern Watchman 3/5 |
NP, SW 3-5-62 |
| 3/4 |
Orange &
Alexandria |
Charleston Mercury
3/10 |
NP, CM 3-10-62 |
| 3/7 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Savannah Morning News
3/13 |
NP, SMN
3-13-62 |
| 3/8 |
Mobile & Ohio |
New Orleans True
Delta 3/12 |
NP, TD 3-12-62 |
| 3/10 |
Atlantic & Gulf |
Savannah Morning News
3/12 |
NP,
SMN 3-12A-62 |
| 3/12 |
Wilmington &
Weldon |
Richmond Dispatch
3/18 |
NP, RD 3-18A-62 |
| Savannah Morning News
3/22 |
NP, SMN
3-22-62 |
| 3/17 |
North Carolina |
Raleigh Register 3/29 |
NP, RR 3-29A-62 |
| 3/18 |
Mobile & Ohio |
Smith, Shiloh:
Conquer or Perish |
Reports troop trains running into the rear of other troops
trains |
| 3/22 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Annual Report |
An old negro man was knocked off the
track and died from the injuries, he was walking on the Track. |
| 3/24 |
Savannah, Albany
& Gulf |
Savannah Moring News
3/27 |
NP, SMN
3-27-62 |
| Savannah Morning News
3/28 |
NP, SMN
3-28-62 |
| Southern Confederacy
3/30 |
NP, ASCY 3-30-62 |
| Western North
Carolina |
Raleigh Register 4/2 |
NP, RR
4-2-62 |
| Greensboro Patriot
4/13 |
NP, GP 4-13-62 |
| 3/26 |
Florida, Atlantic
& Gulf |
Charleston Mercury
4/8 |
NP, CM 4-8-62 |
| 3/25 |
South Side |
Richmond Dispatch
3/27 |
NP, RD 3-27A-62 |
| 3/30 |
Wilmington &
Weldon |
Richmond Dispatch 3/5 |
NP, RD 4-5A-62 |
| North Carolina |
Wilmington Journal
4/7 |
NP, WJ 4-7A-62 |
| 3/? |
Mobile & Ohio |
Daniel, Cannoneers in
Gray |
At Burnsville, Miss., 12 miles SE of Corinth, a train carrying
a Mississippi battery collided with the eastbound passenger.
Several cars were smashed, but no damage to the battery men or
guns. |
| 3/? |
Probably Virginia
& Tennessee |
Letter 4/4 |
NA,
NOJ&GN 4-4-62 |
| 4/1 |
Memphis &
Charleston |
Memphis Appeal 4/2 |
NP, MAP 4-2-62 |
| 4/3 |
New Orleans, Jackson
& Great Northern |
Letter 4/4 |
NA,
NOJ&GN 4-4-62 |
| 4/6 |
Virginia Central and
Orange & Alexandria |
Richmond Dispatch 4/7 |
NP, RD 4-7A-62 |
| 4/10 |
Memphis &
Charleston |
Memphis Appeal 4/11 |
NP, MAP 4-11-62 |
| 4/11 |
Mobile & Great
Northern or Alabama & Florida (of Alabama) |
Savannah Morning News
4/14 |
NP, SMN
4-14-62 |
| 4/15 |
| Atlanta & West
Point |
Southern Confederacy
4/17 |
NP,
ASCY 4-17-62 |
| Southern Confederacy
4/19 |
NP, ASCY 4-19A-62 |
| Raleigh Register 4/23 |
NP, RR 4-23-62 |
| Mobile Advertiser
& Record 4/23 |
NP, MAR 4-23-62 |
| 4/17 |
Memphis &
Charleston |
New Orleans Times
Picayune 4/19 |
NP, NOTP 4-19-62 |
| 4/20? |
in Petersburg |
Charleston Mercury
4/30 |
NP, CM 4-30-62 |
| 4/20 |
South Carolina |
Memphis Appeal 4/22 |
NP, MAP 4-22A-62 |
| Memphis Appeal 5/1 |
NP, MAP 5-1-62 |
| 4/22 |
Seaboard &
Roanoke |
Charleston Mercury
4/26 |
NP, CM 4-26-62 |
| 4/24 |
Mobile & Ohio RR |
Diary & Service
Record Entries |
MISC, M&O 4-24-62 |
| Charleston Mercury
5/8 |
NP, CM 5-8-62 |
| 4/25 |
Mobile & Ohio |
Wilmington Journal 4/28 |
NP, WJ 4-28-62 |
| Central (of Georgia) |
Annual Report |
Way Freight ran over a small negro
boy near 70 mile post, asleep on Track and killed him. |
| South Carolina |
Wilmington Journal
4/29 |
NP, WJ 4-29-62 |
| Richmond Digest 4/30 |
NP, RD
4-30A-62 |
| 4/29 |
North Carolina |
Raleigh Standard 4/30 |
NP, RSTD 4-30-62 |
| 4/30 |
Mississippi &
Tennessee |
Memphis Appeal 5/1 |
NP, MAP 5-1A-62 |
| 5/3 |
Petersburg |
Richmond Dispatch 5/5 |
NP, RD 5-5A-62
|
| Richmond Dispatch 5/6 |
NP, RD 5-6-62 |
| Memphis &
Charleston |
Memphis Appeal 5/4 |
NP, MAP 5-4A-62 |
| Memphis Appeal 5/6 |
NP, MAP 5-6-62 |
| 5/5 |
Virginia Central |
Richmond Dispatch 5/8 |
NP, RD 5-8-62
|
|
|
|
| 5/7 |
Charlotte & South
Carolina |
Greensboro Patriot
5/8 |
NP, GP 5-8-62
|
| Northeastern |
Charleston Mercury 5/8 |
NP, CM 5-8A-62
|
| 5/8 |
Mississippi &
Tennessee |
Memphis Appeal 5/10 |
NP, MAP 5-10A-62
|
| South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury 5/9 |
NP, CM 5-9-62
|
| 5/9 |
Virginia
Central |
Richmond Dispatch
5/12 |
NP, RD 5-12-62
|
| 5/9 |
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos
& Colorado |
Houston Telegraph
5/12 |
NP, HT 5-12-62
|
| 5/22 |
North Carolina |
Wilmington Journal
5/23 |
NP, WJ 5-23-62
|
| Raleigh Standard 6/4 |
NP, RSTD 6-4C-62
|
| ?/? |
North Carolina |
Annual Report |
Between June 1, 1861 and May 30,
1862, there have been twenty-five trains off or partially off
the track, from the following reasons: one from washing out of
culvert; on by running over a cow; three by defects in the
track; twelve by broken axles; eight by various parts giving
way about the cars. Besides the above there have been two
destructive and one slight collision. These accidents have
caused the loss of much property to the company, and the death
of three of the Company's hands, and one of the Express
Company's Agents. While most of these accidents occurred to
passenger trains, not a single passenger's life was lost and
but few received any injury.
|
| 6/3 |
Virginia Central? |
Richmond Dispatch 6/4 |
NP, RD 6-4A-62
|
| Military Connector |
Richmond Dispatch 6/4 |
NP, RD 6-4B-62
|
| 6/4 |
Richmond Military Connector |
Richmond Enquirer 6/5 |
NP,
RE 6-5-62
|
| Central (of Georgia) |
Annual Report |
A soldier sitting in car door, fell
out or was dragged out by a fence and killed. |
| 6/5 |
Southern of
Mississippi |
Richmond Dispatch
6/17 |
NP, RD 6-17B-62 |
| North Carolina |
Greensboro Patriot
6/5 |
NP, GP 6-5-62 |
| Carolina Watchman 6/9 |
NP, CW 6-9-62 |
| 6/6 |
Richmond &
Petersburg |
Richmond Enquirer 6/7 |
NP,
RE 6-7-62
|
| 6/15 |
South Carolina |
Southern Watchman
6/18 |
NP, SW 6-18-62
|
| 6/23 |
East Tennessee &
Georgia |
Army telegram 6/23 |
NA, DET
6-23-62 |
| 6/27 |
Mississippi Central |
American Citizen 7/4 |
NP, ACT 7-4-62
|
| 6/30 |
Richmond &
Danville |
Richmond Dispatch 7/1 |
NP, RD 7-1-62
|
| 7/1 |
Wilmington &
Weldon |
Raleigh Register 7/5 |
NP, RR 7-5-62
|
| Wilmington Journal
7/2 |
NP, WJ 7-2-62
|
| 7/3 |
Richmond & Danville |
Richmond Enquirer 7/4 |
NP,
RE 7-4-62
|
| Richmond Enquirer 7/5 |
NP, RE 7-5-62
|
| Richmond Dispatch 7/4 |
NP, RD 7-4-62
|
| 7/6 |
Western &
Atlantic |
Pension application |
MISC, W&A 7-6-62 |
| Southern Confederacy
7/8 |
NP, ASCY 7-8-62
|
| Wilmington Journal 7/8 |
NP, WJ 7-8A-62
|
| Richmond Dispatch 7/8 |
NP, RD 7-8A-62
|
| Southern Confederacy
7/12 |
NP, ASCY 7-12-62
|
| Macon Telegraph 7/12 |
|
| Augusta
Constitutionalist 7/16 |
NP, AC
7-16-62 |
| 7/10 |
Wilmington &
Manchester |
Wilmington Journal
7/14 |
NP, WJ 7-14A-62
|
| Richmond Dispatch 7/16 |
NP, RD 7-16A-62
|
| 7/11 |
Richmond & Danville |
Richmond Enquirer 7/11 |
NP, RE 7-11A-62
|
| 7/13 |
Houston Tap &
Brazoria |
Houston Telegraph
7/14 |
NP, HT 7-14-62
|
| 7/14 |
Richmond & Petersburg |
Anderson
Intelligencer 8/29 |
NP, AI
8-29-62 |
| 7/19 |
Richmond Military Connector |
Richmond Enquirer 7/21 |
NP, RE 7-21-62
|
| 7/22 |
South
Side |
Richmond
Dispatch 7/23 |
NP, RD 7-23-62 |
| Raleigh Register 7/30 |
NP, RR 7-30-62 |
| Wilmington Journal
7/26 |
NP, WJ 7-26-62 |
| Macon Telegraph 7/31 |
NP, MT 7-31-62 |
| Memphis Appeal 8/1 |
NP, MAP 8-1-62 |
| South
Carolina (2) |
Charleston Mercury
7/23 |
NP, CM 7-23-62 |
| 7/? |
Central
(of Georgia) |
Annual
Report |
A white man, drunk, in attempting to
get on Train at Macon Depot, fell on Track, was run over, and
killed. |
| 8/1 |
Richmond
& Danville |
Richmond Enquirer 8/2 |
NP, RE 8-2-62
|
| Richmond Dispatch 8/2 |
NP, RD 8-2-62
|
| Mobile & Ohio |
Selma Morning Reporter
8/12 |
NP, SMR 8-12-62
|
| Alabama
& Florida (of Alabama) |
Memphis Appeal 8/6 |
NP, MAP 8-6-62
|
| Selma Morning Reporter
8/12 |
NP, SMR 8-12-62
|
| 8/4 |
Central
(of Georgia) |
Annual
Report |
A negro woman was found dead on
Track at 77 mile post, it is supposed she was a runaway and
fell from a Passenger Car Truck. |
| Mobile
& Ohio |
Richmond Dispatch
8/13 |
NP, RD 8-13-62 |
| Selma Morning
Reported 8/12 |
NP, SMR 8-12-62
|
| 8/10 |
Virginia
& Tennessee |
Annual Report and
Richmond Dispatch 8/16 |
The engine of mail train going west
ran off the track near Forest Deport, by which the passenger
cars were forced together crushing the platforms. Three
soldiers who were on the platforms at the time were injured,
viz: James Lambert, of Richmond, a member of the Caskie
Rangers, who died a short time after being brought to
Lynchburg; Thos. J. Spradlin and G. A. Vanenger of Bedford
county. Mr. Spradlin had one of his legs severed from his
body, and I believe afterwards died. Mr. Vanenger, it was
thought at the time would recover; they were taken to the
hospital in Lynchburg, and I have never learned whether they
survived their injuries or not. |
| 8/15 |
Virginia Central |
Richmond Dispatch
8/16 |
NP, RD 8-16A-62 |
| 8/19 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Annual Report |
A small boy by the name of John Seay,
was ran over in Lynchburg by the Switching Engine, and had
both thighs broken, no blame could be attached to the man in
charge of the engine, as the boy was hanging on to the back
part of the tender without his knowledge, and fell or jumped
off, and the engine moving backward at the time, passed over
him before he could be seen. |
| 8/21 |
Virginia Central |
Richmond Dispatch
8/22 |
NP, RD 8-22-62 |
| 8/25 |
Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac |
Richmond Dispatch
8/27 |
|
| 9/3 |
Mobile & Ohio |
Memphis Appeal 9/6 |
NP, MAP 9-6-62
|
| 9/12 |
Central
(of Georgia) |
Annual Report |
An officer fell or jumped from
Platform of Passenger Car, and died from effects of the fall,
he was not run over; another was killed in same way about same
date. |
| Macon Telegraph 9/19 |
NP, MT 9-19-62 |
| Savannah Morning News
9/20 |
NP, SMN
9-20-62 |
| Savannah Republican
9/20 |
NP, SR
9-20A-62 |
| 9/14 |
Wilmington &
Weldon |
Richmond Dispatch
9/15 |
NP, RD 9-15-62
|
| Raleigh Register 9/17 |
NP, RR 9-17-62
|
| Carolina Watchman 9/22 |
NP, CW 9-22-62
|
| 9/18 |
Nashville &
Chattanooga |
Chattanooga Daily
Rebel 10/1 |
NP, CDR 10-1B-62
|
| 9/24 |
South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury
9/25 |
NP, CM
9-25-62 |
| Charleston & Savannah |
Savannah Republican
9/25 |
NP, SR
9-25-62 |
| 9/25 |
Richmond & York
River |
Richmond Dispatch 9/26 |
NP, RD
9-26-62
|
| 9/25? |
Georgia |
Savannah Morning News
9/27 |
NP, SMN
9-27-62 |
| 9/26? |
Charleston & Savannah |
Charleston Mercury
9/29 |
NP, CM 9-29A-62 |
| 10/10 |
North Carolina |
Carolina Watchman
10/13 |
NP, CW 10-13A-62
|
| 10/14 |
Virginia Central |
Richmond
Dispatch 10/18 |
NP, RD 10-18-62 |
| Staunton Spectator
10/21 |
NP, SSGA 10-21-62 |
| Raleigh Standard 10/29 |
NP, RSTD 10-29-62 |
| Western
& Atlantic |
Chattanooga Daily
Rebel 10/16 |
NP, CDR 10-16-62 |
| 10/19 |
Mississippi
Central |
Memphis Appeal
10/20 |
NP,
MAP 10-20-62 |
|
Memphis Appeal 10/21 |
NP, MAP 10-21-62 |
|
Raleigh Standard 11/12 |
NP, RSTD 11-12B-62 |
|
Richmond Dispatch
10/30 |
NP, RD 10-30-62 |
|
Arkansas True Democrat 11/5 |
NP,
ATD 11-5-62 |
|
|
| 10/20? |
Western & Atlantic |
Savannah Morning News
10/23 |
NP,
SMN 10-23-62 |
| 10/21 |
South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury
10/22 |
NP, CM
10-22-62 |
| 10/25 |
Richmond Military Connector |
Richmond Enquirer 10/27 |
NP, RE 10-27-62
|
| Wilmington &
Weldon |
Wilmington Journal
10/27 |
NP, WJ 10-27-62
|
| Wilmington Journal
10/28 |
NP, WJ 10-28-62
|
| 10/28 |
Raleigh & Gaston |
Annual Report |
A terrible disaster was occasioned
by the collision of a gravel and passenger train near
Forestville, causing the melancholy death of several persons
and seriously injuring others. |
| Raleigh Register
10/29 |
NP, RR 10-29-62 |
| Richmond Dispatch
10/30 |
NP, RD 10-30A-62 |
| Raleigh State Journal
10/29 |
NP, RSJ 10-29-62 |
| Raleigh State Journal
10/29 |
NP, RSJ
10-29A-62 |
| Carolina Watchman 11/3 |
NP, CW 11-3-62 |
| Savannah, Albany &
Gulf |
Savannah Republican
10/30 |
NP, SR
10-30-62 |
| 10/31 |
Raleigh & Gaston |
Raleigh State Journal
11/3 |
NP, RSJ 11-3-62 |
| 11/2 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Annual Report |
A negro boy was run over and killed,
he was running away and riding on the Truck of Passenger Car,
from which he fell. |
| 11/4 |
East Tennessee &
Georgia |
Athens Post 11/7 |
NP, AP 11-7-62 |
| Chattanooga Rebel
11/7 |
NP, CR 11-7-62 |
| Raleigh Register 11/8 |
NP, RR 11-8A-62 |
| Greensboro Patriot
11/13 |
NP, GP 11-13-62 |
| Memoir |
AHC, ETG 11-4-62 |
| Raleigh & Gaston |
Raleigh Standard 11/5 |
NP, RSTD 11-5-62 |
| 11/6 |
Virginia Central |
Richmond Dispatch
11/8 |
NP, RD 11-8-62 |
| South Carolina |
Raleigh Register
11/12 |
NP, RR 11-12-62 |
| Charleston Mercury
11/8 |
NP, CM 11
8-62 |
| 11/7 |
Houston Tap &
Brazoria |
Montgomery Mail 11/30 |
NP, MM 11-30-62 |
| 11/8 |
Wilmington &
Manchester |
Charleston Mercury
11/10 |
NP, CM
11-10-62 |
| 11/10 |
East Tennessee &
Virginia |
Annual Report |
A track bar broke three miles West
of Bristol. One second-class car was very much injured, and
two passenger coaches slightly damaged. Two passengers, one
slightly, the other seriously injured; but is recovering. |
| 11/11 |
Greenville &
Columbia |
South Carolinian
11/12 |
NP, SC 11-12-62 |
| Charleston Mercury
11/13 |
NP, CM
11-13A-62 |
| Southern Confederacy
11/18 |
NP, ASCY 11-18-62 |
| 11/13 |
Northeastern |
Charleston Mercury
11/15 |
NP, CM
11-15-62 |
| 11/15 |
Wilmington &
Manchester |
Confederate Union
11/18 |
NP, CU 11-18-62 |
| 11/18 |
Virginia Central |
Richmond Enquirer
11/19 |
NP, RE 11-19-62 |
| 11/19 or before |
North Carolina |
Army Report |
NA,
RR 11-19-62 |
| 11/20 |
Nashville &
Chattanooga |
Houston Telegraph
12/12 |
NP, HT 12-12A-62 |
| 11/21 |
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos
& Colorado |
Houston Telegraph
11/26 |
NP, HT 11-26-62 |
| 11/26 |
Wilmington &
Manchester |
Charleston Mercury
11/28 |
NP, CM
11-28-62 |
| Richmond Dispatch
11/28 |
NP, RD 11-28-62
|
| Wilmington Journal
11/28 |
NP, WJ
11-28A-62
|
| Richmond Dispatch
11/29 |
NP, RD 11-29-62
|
| 11/29 |
Atlantic & North
Carolina |
Letter |
NCA, RRB
11-29-62 |
| 11/? |
Savannah, Albany
& Gulf |
Annual Report |
Eight Freight Cars, attached to an irregular train which was
thrown from the track in November last, were destroyed or so
badly injured as to render them unfit for repairs. An old negro
man, acting in the capacity of Train Hand, was so seriously
injured as to die from the effects shortly thereafter. The
accident occurred on the trestle over Forrest Pond, about 49
miles west of Savannah, and was occasioned by the heating of one
of the journals which burnt the track in two -- disarranging the
running gear and throwing the car from the track.
|
| 12/2 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Annual Report |
Two passenger cars ran off the track
between Mount Airy and Wytheville, in mail train, coming East,
and a colored brakeman by the name of James Finney, had his
leg broken, of which injury he died. |
| 12/6 |
Richmond &
Danville |
Richmond Dispatch
12/8 |
NP, RD 12-8-62 |
| 12/10 |
Southern (of
Mississippi) |
Memphis Appeal 12/18 |
NP, MAP 12-18-62 |
| 12/13 |
Northeastern |
Charleston Mercury
12/15 |
NP, CM
12-15-62 |
| 12/18 |
Laurens |
Charleston Mercury
12/22 |
NP, CM
12-22-62 |
| 12/22 |
Richmond &
Danville |
Richmond Dispatch
12/23 |
NP, RD 12-23-62 |
| Nashville &
Chattanooga |
Richmond Dispatch
12/25 |
NP, RD 12-25-62 |
| Wilmington &
Weldon |
Official Records |
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 808 |
| 12/23 |
Mobile & Ohio |
Memphis Appeal 12/26 |
NP, MAP 12-26-62 |
| South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury
12/24 |
NP, CM
12-24-62 |
| 12/28 |
Southern (of
Mississippi) |
Memphis Appeal 12/29 |
NP, MAP 12-29-62 |
| Army telegram |
NA, DMEL
12-28A-62 |
| 12/30 |
Central (of Georgia)
and Augusta & Savannah |
Macon Telegraph 12/31 |
NP, MT 12-31-62 |
| 12/31 |
Southern
(of
Mississippi) |
Army telegram |
|
| Memphis Appeal 1/1 |
NP, MAP
1-1-63 |
| Southern Crisis 1/1 |
NP, SC 1-1-63 |
| Vicksburg Whig 1/1 |
|
| 12/? |
East Tennessee &
Georgia |
Richmond Dispatch
12/12 |
NP, RD 12-12A-62 |
| ?/? |
South Side |
Annual Report |
An accident happened to a soldier
train of Richmond & Danville cars, drawn by one of our
engines, shortly after it left the Junction. Three cars ran
off the track down an embankment, and about thirty soldiers
were more or less injured, of whom four died from the effects
of their wounds. Whether the accident was caused by a defect
in the track or the cars, I could not ascertain. It occurred
on a straight line and on an embankment, places where
accidents do not often happen from defects in the track, while
accidents, from cars getting out of order, are liable to occur
at any point of the road. |
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