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Compiled by the National Archivists before
the microfilming of the Civil War records.
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Entries in blue are
references and my additions.
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(My thanks to Arthur Stansfield for the non-war years information.)
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John Wallingford Goodwin was born in
South Berwick, Maine in 1825. He graduated from Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Maine in 1844 and worked for the next four years as a
Civil Engineer on Massachusetts railroads.
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In 1848, Goodwin moved to Alabama
to work in the construction of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. He
married Georgia Smith and they had 4 children.
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When the war ended, he remained
as Chief Engineer and Superintendent of the Virginia & Tennessee
RR. From the
1870s, John W. helped build the International & Great Northern,
and perhaps the
Texas
Eastern & Western Railroad, the Texas Central, the Southern Pacific
and the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe.
In 1883 he returned to Tennessee as division superintendent of the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad. In 1887, he left
for the Norfolk & Western Railroad, remaining there until his
death except for a brief period, when he was chief engineer for the
construction of the Lynchburg & Durham railroad, which in 1892
merged with the Norfolk & Western.
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He died in Lynchburg, Virginia in
1910, at the age of 86.
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| April 10, 1861 |
Mentioned as Assistant Superintendent of the
Mobile & Ohio RR and acting in the stead of the absent
Superintendent
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| April 24, 1861 |
Enlisted in a company that became part of the
3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment. Was made a Sergeant
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| May 1, 1861 |
Detached to the Alabama Quartermaster Department
by order of Col. J. M. Wither, Alabama Assistant Quartermaster General
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| July 19, 1861 |
Appointed from Ala. as Maj. & Q. M., to
report to Gen. J. M. Withers
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| December 2 -
December 31, 1861 |
On special duty with the Ordnance Department,
District of Alabama, Gen. J. M. Withers commanding
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| December 31, 1861 -
July 17, 1862 |
Superintendent of Whistler Arsenal, Mobile, Alabama
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| December 31, 1861 |
Paid for steel shipment to Mobile for gun
carriage construction
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| January 6, 1862 |
Reported status of work at Whistler
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| March 3, 1862 |
Forwarded railroad-related papers
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| March 13, 1862 |
Relieved of duty on Gen. Withers staff
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| March 15, 1862 |
Ordered to report to General Beauregard in
Jackson, Tenn.
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| March 17, 1862 |
Ordered to work with Fleming on impending troop
movement
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| April 20, 1862 |
Reported to Gen. Bragg on the work required on
the railroad from Meridian to Selma and is ordered to complete the
connection
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| April 30, 1862 |
Received reports on planters and slaves on the
line of the RR near Demopolis
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| June 26, 1862 |
Mentioned favorably as a candidate to finish the
Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR
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| July 4, 1862 |
Instructed to only ship powder in box cars
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| July 17 - August 27,
1862 |
Announced as Military Superintendent of Railroads on the
staff of Gen. Braxton Bragg
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| August 27 - December
9, 1862 |
Relieved as Military Superintendent of Railroads
and assigned as Quartermaster, Gen. J. M. Wither's Division
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| December 29, 1862 |
Paid Warren's expenses
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| December 9, 1862 -
March 6, 1864 |
Assigned as Military Superintendent of Railroads, Gen.
Bragg's Army of Tennessee
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| February 21, 1863 |
Purchased iron used to rebuild a Nashville &
Chattanooga RR bridge
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| February 23, 1863 |
Pay requested, but I am uncertain who it is for
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| March 31, 1863 |
Was busy rebuilding the Nashville & Decatur
RR
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| April 16, 1863 |
Approve the bill for the repair of a Nashville
& Chattanooga RR bridge
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| Early July, 1863 |
Sent to provide RR transportation for corn and
fodder for Army of Tennessee
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| July 30, 1863 |
Nashville & Chattanooga RR bridge completed
under his contract
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| August 6, 1863 |
Was mentioned by Sims as possible help to Hottel
in removing rolling stock
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| October 17, 1863 |
Received spikes at Dalton
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| October 27, 1863 |
Was repairing the East Tennessee & Georgia
RR at Dalton
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| November 13, 1863 |
Approved purchase of iron work from Tredegar for
repair of an East Tennessee & Georgia RR bridge
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| November 16, 1863 |
Drew picks, axes and shovels at Chickamauga
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| November 22, 1863 |
Requested Sims assistance with getting priority
on Macon & Western RR
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| December 4, 1863 |
Approved bill for repairs on an East Tennessee
& Georgia RR bridge
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| November - December,
1863 |
Requested to become Superintendent of Virginia
& Tennessee RR by its President
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| February 1, 1864 |
Approved bill for rebuilding bridges on the
Western & Atlantic RR
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| February 10, 1864 |
Gen. Johnston reported to Gov. Brown, of Georgia,
that Maj. Goodwin had rescued 25 Western & Atlantic RR cars from
Mississippi
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| February 11, 1864 |
Approved to be Superintendent of Virginia &
Tennessee RR
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Reported trouble with this detail papers
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| February 12, 1864 |
Sent on inspection tour of Georgia RRs to
improve transportation of forage to the army
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| Mid-February, 1864 |
May have been in Dalton, then travelled to
Atlanta
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| February 20, 1864 |
Was in West Point, Ga. assisting in troop
movements on the Atlanta & West Point RR
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| February 22, 1864 |
At Atlanta, telegraphs Hottel
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| March 1, 1864 |
Ordered by Gen. Joe Johnston, Commanding the
Department of Tennessee to report to Col. Robert Owen; took charge
of the Virginia & Tennessee RR
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| March 6, 1864 -
March 9, 1865 |
Reported as Major and General Superintendent, Virginia &
Tennessee RR
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| April x, 1864 |
Became Superintendent of Virginia &
Tennessee RR
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| July 1, 1864 |
Submited annual report for the fiscal year for
the Virginia & Tennessee RR
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| September 21, 1864 |
Goodwin requested Sims help in feeding his hands
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| October 22, 1864 |
QMG attempted to find him
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| November 13, 1864 |
Reported his current assignment and duties
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| November 24, 1864 |
Was confirmed by Lt. Col. Sims as being employed
to the greatest advantage
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| November 29, 1864 |
Present duties are not appropriate for a
quartermaster
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| December 6, 1864 |
Received Nitre & Mining Bureau material
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| December 8,1864 |
Received weekly shipping report instructions
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| December 11, 1864 |
Was quoted regarding use of a locomotive
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| January 9, 1865 |
Noted as directing raid repairs
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| January 26, 1865 |
Report on forage on his Road
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| February 28, 1865 |
Reported as being in a job outside of his proper
department and ordered to report for reassignment
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| March 9, 1865 |
Resigned as Major, effective March 1, 1865.
Resignation accepted March 24, 1865
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| July 1, 1865 |
Submitted annual report for the fiscal year for
the Virginia & Tennessee RR
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