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Since Charles Barclay Wallace has
no biography in the National Archives, below is my biography of the
man.
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Wallace was born in Tennessee in 1836. In the 1860 Census, he was living in Knoxville, working
as the Ticket Agent for the East Tennessee & Georgia RR. He had
$6,000 real estate and $500 personal estate and was not married. His
father was President of the railroad he was working for. |
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In the summer of 1861, government
traffic through eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia was not
conducted as efficiently as needed by the government. Campbell
Wallace and son Charles were assigned to run the East Tennessee &
Virginia RR to improve its efficiency. This arrangement lasted until
the first of November, when the government agreed to relinquish
control after the hiring of a new Superintendent by the ET&V RR. |
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Charles returned to his own road
and, at some time in 1862 or 1863, he became the Acting
Superintendent. When Union army advances threatened the RR's offices
and shops in Knoxville, the RR moved its operations to Augusta, Ga.
and remained there, under Charles' control as Superintendent, until
the end of the war. |
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It has not been possible to
follow Charles after the war, since Wallace was such a common name
in Tennessee. |
| July 19, 1861 |
Accepted position as Transportation Agent at
Knoxville
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| July 21, 1861 |
Correct errors you discover
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Reported that the detention of troops was caused
by the Virginia & Tennessee RR
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| July 29,
1861 |
Requested to know priority of troops and freight
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Reported on danger of Lincolnism taking over the
region in a few days
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| August 1, 1861 |
Ordered to send wagons and team from Bristol to
Millboro by road
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| August 15, 1861 |
Asked if he can make wagons and harnesses in
Knoxville
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| August 28, 1861 |
Payment procedures for him
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| September 4, 1861 |
Look for missing freight
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| September 9, 1861 |
He and his father appointed to run the East
Tennessee & Virginia RR for the good of the Government
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| November 2, 1861 |
Military control over the East Tennessee &
Virginia RR was terminated
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| December 4, 1861 |
Sent to Secretary of War with important
information from his father
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| October 28, 1863 |
Bought iron from the Government in Atlanta; signed
as Superintendent of the East Tennessee & Georgia RR
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| November 4, 1861 |
Identified as Transportation Agent in Knoxville
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| January 21, 1864 |
Informed Sims that he needed certain supplies to
repair his rolling stock; reported he had committed 4 trains to C. C.
Sims
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| February 18, 1864 |
Complained of rate on cotton trains to Wilmington
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| April 26, 1864 |
Wrote C. C. Sims about responsibility for
losses
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| April 27, 1864 |
Wrote Sims about rates and details
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| July 1, 1865 |
Reported the status of the RR's rolling stock
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