| 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. |
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| 1865 |
| Date |
Railroad(s) |
Source |
Report |
| 1/1 |
| South Carolina |
Macon Telegraph 1/7 |
NP, MT 1-7-65 |
| 1/2 |
Montgomery & West
Point |
Columbus Times 1/3 |
NP, CT
1-3-65 |
| Augusta
Constitutionalist 1/7 |
NP, AC 1-7B-65 |
| 1/6 |
Alabama &
Tennessee River |
Letter |
UA, SIW 1-7-65 |
| 1/26 |
Georgia |
Raleigh Confederate
2/1 |
NP, RCF 2-1-65 |
| North Carolina |
Carolina Observer 2/6 |
NP, CO 2-6A-65 |
| 1/27 |
Piedmont |
Richmond Dispatch 2/2 |
NP, RD 2-2A-65 |
| 1/28 |
Alabama &
Mississippi Rivers |
Official Records |
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 1, Page 1080 |
| 1/29 |
Alabama &
Mississippi Rivers |
Official Records |
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 1, Page 1080 |
| 1/31 |
Montgomery & West Point |
Columbus Times 2/1 |
NP, CT
2-1-65 |
| Columbus Times 2/2 |
NP, CT
2-2-65 |
| 2/2 |
South Carolina |
Charleston Mercury 2/3 |
NP, CM 2-3-65 |
| 2/4 |
South Carolina |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 2/7 |
NP, AC 2-7-65 |
| Central (of Georgia) |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 2/10 |
NP, AC 2-10A-65 |
| 2/6 |
Piedmont |
Lynchburg Virginian
2/8 |
NP, LV 2-8-65 |
| Virginia Central |
Richmond Sentinel
2/10 |
NP, RS 2-10-65 |
| 2/15 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Official Records |
OR Series 1, Vol. 49, Part 1, Page 983 |
| Central (of Georgia) |
Columbus Times 2/16 |
NP, CT
2-16A-65 |
| Approx. 2/15 |
unknown |
Richmond Whig 3/7 |
NP, RW
3-7A-65 |
| 2/20 |
Charlotte & South
Carolina |
Letter |
B22, RR
9-15-66 |
| 2/21 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 2/24 |
NP, AC 2-24-65 |
| Muscogee |
Columbus Times 2/22 |
NP, CT
2-22-65 |
| 2/22 |
Galveston, Houston
& Henderson |
Houston Telegraph
2/24 |
NP, HT 2-24-65 |
| Galveston Daily News
2/24 |
NP, GDN 2-24A-65 |
| 3/3 |
Piedmont |
Richmond Whig 3/7 |
NP, RW
3-7-65 |
| 3/7 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Annual Report |
John O'Brien, while the passenger
train was being made up in the Lynchburg yard, attempted to
get upon it as it passed him; he was run over and his leg was
badly crushed. |
| Lynchburg Virginian
3/8 |
NP, LV 3-8-65 |
| Charlotte & South
Carolina |
Raleigh Standard 3/15 |
NP, RSTD 3-15-65 |
| 3/9 |
Unknown |
Richmond Dispatch
3/10 |
NP, RD 3-10-65 |
| 3/10 |
Georgia |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/12 |
NP, AC 3-12-65 |
| 3/18 |
Central (of Georgia) |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/24 |
NP, AC 3-24-65 |
| Alabama &
Tennessee |
Macon Telegraph 3/24 |
NP, MT 3-24-65 |
| 3/22 |
Georgia |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/23 |
NP, AC 3-23-65 |
| 3/26 |
Georgia |
Augusta
Constitutionalist 3/28 |
NP, AC 3-28-65 |
| 3/27 |
Richmond & Danville |
Personal Letter |
NA, R&D
3-31-65 |
| 3/? |
Richmond & Danville |
Personal Letter |
NA, RR 3-30-65 |
| 3/29 |
Virginia &
Tennessee |
Annual Report |
| Material train, J. W. Gills,
conductor, Peyton Burkett, engineman, engine Reindeer, while
returning from Evergreen, on the South Side Railroad, with a
train of lumber, broke through a bridge near Concord; J. W.
Gills, conductor, had thigh broken and knee cut -- recovered.
Peyton Burkett, engineman, injured internally -- died. J. W.
Holleran, carpenter, injured -- recovered. Thos. Majors, train
hand, injured slightly -- recovered. Henry Gills, train Hand,
injured internally -- died. The engine was badly injured, and
two box freight and four platform cars demolished. |
|
| 3/31 |
Muscogee |
Macon Telegraph 4/1 |
NP, MT 4-1-65 |
| Macon Telegraph 4/3 |
NP, MT 4-3-65 |
| Augusta Chronicle &
Sentinel 4/12 |
NP,
ACS 4-12A-65 |
| 4/2 |
Alabama & Tennessee
Rivers |
Army telegram |
NA, DAMEL
4-2-65 |
| 4/3 |
Richmond
& Danville |
Raleigh Confederate
4/6 |
NP, RCF 4-6-65 |
| Danville Register 4/x |
NP, DR 4-xx-1965 |
| 4/26 |
North Carolina |
Army dispatch 4/26 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 841 |
| 5/2 |
South Western |
Macon Telegraph 5/4 |
NP, MT 5-4-65 |
| 5/3 |
South Western |
Macon Telegraph 5/4 |
NP, MT 5-4-65 |
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