Wilmington & Manchester

The road was chartered in 1846, construction began in 1849 and was completed in 1853. The road was a vital link in supplying Richmond from the deep South, meeting the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad.
Black's Number 25 (map)
Track 173 miles of 5 foot gauge of unknown type and weight
Locomotives 24; 24 names
Cars 206
Stations 23
Officers Most
Locomotive Usage 1861
Passengers 1861
Freight 1861
Tredegar Purchases All
Produce Deliveries 1863
Blockade Running The Merrimac and the Railroad
Annual Reports
10-1-61 President
10-1-61 Superintendent
10-1-63 President
10-1-65 Superintendent
Significant Documents
NP, WJ 1-1-61
NP, WJ 3-7-61
NP, WJ 3-19-61
NA, QMR 6-10-61
NA, W&M 6-15-61
NA, QMR 6-18-61
NP, WJ 6-29-61
NP, CM 7-1F-61
NA, QMR 7-15A-61
NA, QM 8-27B-61
NP, RD 10-7-61
LVA, TRED 10-10-61
NP, WJ 10-15-61
NP, WJ 10-17-61
NP, RD 10-22-61
LVA, TRED 10-25-61
NA, QMR 11-25-61
NA, QMR 11-27A-61
LVA, TRED 10-28-61
LVA, TRED 10-29-61
LVA, TRED 10-31-61
NP, WJ 11-1-61
LVA, TRED 11-4A-61
NP, RSTD 11-6A-61
NP, WJ 11-8-61
NP, WJ 11-11B-61
NP, WJ 11-11C-61
LVA, TRED 11-14A-61
LVA, TRED 11-15-61
NP, WJ 11-20-61
NP, WJ 11-21-61
NP, WJ 11-21A-61
NP, WJ 11-22-61
NA, QM 11-23A-61
NP, WJ 12-10A-61
NP, WJ 12-13-61
NA, QM 12-23-61
NP, CM 1-1C-62
NP, WJ 1-4-62
NA, QMR 1-27-62
NP, CM 2-11-62
NP, RD 2-18-62
NA, QMR 3-3-62
NA, QM 4-25B-62
NP, WJ 4-25-62
NP, WJ 7-14A-62
NP, RD 7-16A-62
NA, DSCG 7-22-62
NA, DSCG 7-22A-62
NA, QMR 9-19-62
NA, QMR 9-27-62
NP, WJ 9-29-62
NP, WJ 10-2-62
NA, AIW 10-25-62
NP, CM 11-10-62
NP, RR 11-12A-62
NP, RSTD 11-12E-62
NP, WJ 11-13A-62
NP, SMN 11-17-62
NP, WJ 11-17A-62
NP, CU 11-18-62
NP, WJ 11-18-62
NP, WJ 11-21B-62
NP, WJ 11-26-62
NP, WJ 11-27A-62
NP, WJ 11-27B-62
B7, W&M 11-28-62
NP, CM 11-28-62
NP, RD 11-28-62
NP, WJ 11-28A-62
NP, RD 11-29-62
NP, FO 12-1-62
NP, CC 12-2A-62
NP, RSTD 12-3-62
B7, W&M 12-6-62
NP, WJ 12-11-62
NP, WJ 12-13-62
NA, DCF 12-14-62
NP, CM 12-16-62
NA, SC 12-31-62
NA, RRB 1-2A-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 813A
OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 742
NA, DSCG 1-3-63
NA, DSCG 1-3A-63
NA, SWR 1-6-63
NA, SWR 1-7-63
NA, W&M 1-7-63
NA, SWR 1-8-63
NA, DCF 1-10-63
NA, QMR 1-12-63
NP, WJ 1-19A-63
NP, WJ 1-24-63
NA, QMR 1-30A-63
NP, WJ 2-4-63
NP, ASCY 2-8A-63
NP, CE 2-10-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 774
NP, WJ 2-19-63
NP, WJ 2-25-63
NP, WJ 2-26-63
NA, QMR 3-6E-63
NP, SR 3-17A-63
NA, W&M 3-21-63
NA, CSN 3-24B-63
NP, WJ 3-30-63
NA, SWR 4-8-63
NP, WJ 4-10-63
NP, WJ 4-14-63
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
NP, CM 4-18-63
NP, WJ 5-8-63
NP, WJ 5-13-63
NP, WJ 5-15-63
NA, AG 5-27-63
NP, RD 5-28-63
NA, QMR 5-30A-63
NA, QMR 5-30C-63
NA, QMR 5-30D-63
NA, QMR 6-8B-63
LVA, RRB 6-10-63
LVA, RRB 6-12-63
LVA, RRB 6-16B-63
LVA, RRB 6-18B-63
LVA, RRB 6-19-63
NA, RRB 6-29-63
NA, RRB 7-10A-63
NA, QMR 7-11B-63
NA, QMR 7-15A-63
NA, QM 7-21-63
NA, QM 7-21A-63
NA, QMR 7-22A-63
NA, QMR 7-27A-63
NA, WD 7-22-63
NP, WJ 7-28-63
NA, QMR 8-1-63
NA, QMR 8-4F-63
NA, QM 8-6B-63
NA, QMR 8-15B-63
NA, ENGR 8-18-63
NP, WJ 8-19-63
NP, WJ 8-22-63
LVA, RRB 8-24-63
NA, DSCGF 8-24-63
LVA, RRB 8-27-63
NP, WJ 8-29-63
NP, WJ 9-1-63
H, RRB 9-3A-63
NA, QMR 9-3A-63
H, RRB 9-4-63
H, RRB 9-8E-63
H, RRB 9-8H-63
H, RRB 9-8I-63
H, RRB 9-9-63
LVA, RRB 6-9B-63
NP, WJ 9-10-63
H, RRB 9-11A-63
H, RRB 9-12-63
H, RRB 9-12B-63
NA, DSCGF 9-15A-63
NA, QM 9-15-63
H, RRB 9-17A-63
H, RRB 9-18C-63
NA, QMR 9-18C-63
RRBAT 9-18C-1863
NA, W&M 9-19-63
NA, DSCGF 9-28-63
NA, DSCGF 9-29-63
NA, QM 10-2-63
NA, W&M 10-8-63
RRBAT 10-11-1863
RRBAT 10-12-1863
LVA, RRB 10-12A-63
LVA, RRB 10-12B-63
NA, QMR 10-13H-63
LVA, RRB 10-15A-63
NA, RR 10-16-63
RRBAT 10-21A-1863
RRBAT 10-24A-1863
NP, WJ 10-29-63
NP, WJ 10-29A-63
NP, WJ 11-5-63
NA, DW 11-10-63
NP, WJ 11-12-63
NCA, RRB 11-16-63
NP, CC 11-16-63
NP, WJ 11-17-63
NP, TS 11-21-63
NP, WJ 11-24-63
NA, DW 11-25-63
NP, WJ 11-25-63
NA, QMR 11-26B-63
NP, WJ 11-26-63
NP, WJ 11-26A-63
NP, WJ 11-26B-63
NA, QM 11-28-63
NP, CC 12-1-63
NA, DSCGF 12-2-63
NA, DW 12-3-63
NA, QMR 12-2B-63
NA, QMR 12-5C-63
NA, QMR 12-8B-63
NP, CC 12-10A-63
NP, WJ 12-15A-63
NP, RD 12-17-63
NA, DW 12-18-63
NA, QMR 12-18-63
NA, DSCGF 12-22-63
NA, QMR 12-22A-63
RRBA 12-22A-1863
NA, QMR 12-23-63
NA, QMR 12-24-63
NA, QMR 12-24A-63
NA, RR 12-25-63
NA, QMR 12-26-63
NA, QMR 12-26A-63
NA, QMR 12-26C-63
NP, WJ 1-5-64
NA, QMR 1-7A-64
NA, RRB 1-8B-64
NP, WJ 1-8-64
NP, CM 1-11A-64
NA, QMR 1-12A-64
NA, W&M 1-12-64
NA, QMR 1-14F-64
NA, QMR 1-18A-64
NA, ANV 1-19-64
NA, DCF 1-28-64
NP, WJ 1-29-64
NP, WJ 2-4-64
NA, ENGR 2-9-64
NP, WJ 4-21C-64
NA, W&M 2-24-64
NA, W&M 2-24A-64
MISC, WC&R 2-27-64
NA, ENGR 2-29-64
NP, CM 2-29-64
NP, RCF 2-29-64
NA, ENG 3-1-64
NP, WJ 3-3-64
NP, WJ 3-3B-64
NA, RRB 3-8-64
NA, QM 3-11A-64
NA, QM 3-18C-64
NA, QMR 3-21B-64
NA, QM 3-26-64
NA, QM 3-29A-64
NA, QMR 4-4B-64
NA, QMR 4-5B-64
NA, DCF 4-10-64
NA, QM 4-14A-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 35, Part 2, Page 425
NP, WJ 4-21A-64
NA, RRB 4-23-64
NA, QMR 4-25A-64
NA, ENG 4-29-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1328
NP, RD 4-30-64
NA, QMR 5-2B-64
NP, MAP 5-3-64
NP, RD 5-3-64
NP, WJ 5-5A-64
NP, CS 5-7A-64
NA, QMR 5-8A-64
NP, CM 5-16A-64
NA, QMR 5-21D-64
NP, AC 5-31-64
NA, W&M 6-1-64
NA, RRB 6-4-64
NA, W&M 6-8-64
NA, W&M 6-10-64
NA, ENG 6-23B-64
NA, ENG 6-24B-64
NA, W&M 6-25-64
NA, W&M 6-29-64
NA, QMR 7-8B-64
NA, W&M 7-19-64
NA, ENGR 7-22A-64
NA, RRB 7-25-64
NA, QM 7-28A-64
NA, QM 7-28B-64
NA, RR 8-1-64
NA, QM 8-3-64
NA, RR 8-3A-64
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 570
NA, ENG 8-6-64
NA, QM 8-10-64
NA, RRB 8-10A-64
NA, W&M 8-12-64
NA, W&M 8-16-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 2, Page 1257
NA, W&M 8-19-64
NA, RR 8-20-64
NA, RR 8-22A-64
NA, W&M 8-22-64
NA, W&M 8-25-64
NA, QMR 8-20-64
NA, W&M 8-24-64
NA, W&M 8-27-64
NP, WJ 8-29-64
NA, QMR 8-31C-64
NA, QMR 8-31D-64
NA, RRB 8-31L-64
NA, RRB 8-31M-64
NA, ENGR 9-1A-64
NA, ENGR 9-5-64
NA, RRB 9-10A-64
NA, ENGR 9-15-64
NA, RR 9-20-64
NA, QM 9-28-64
NA, QM 10-1A-64
NA, W&M 10-25-64
NA, QMR 10-25-64
NA, QM 11-4-64
NA, QMR 11-14C-64
NP, MS 11-16-64
NA, ENGR 11-25A-64
NP, CM 11-26-64
NP, WJ 12-1B-64
NP, RCF 12-3A-64
LVA, RRB 12-10-64
NP, WJ 12-15-64
OR Series 2, Vol. 8,  Page 13
NA, QMR 1-4B-65
NA, RRB 1-5C-65
NA, RRB 1-20C-65
NP, CM 1-23A-65
NP, AC 1-24-65
NP, WJ 1-26-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1142
NP, CT 1-27-65
NP, YE 2-1A-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1223
AR, A&F(FL) 5-1-67 S

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