|
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 |
|
| Significant Documents |
| NP, WJ 1-1-61 |
| NP, WJ 3-7-61 |
|
NP, WJ
3-19-61 |
|
NP, WH
4-8-61 |
|
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, RW
3-1A-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, 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 |
|