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Below is my biography of
Major Hurt. There is no biography of him in the National Archives.
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Robert Bailey Hurt was appointed
Major July 11, 1862, with rank from March 16, 1862, reporting to
General Bragg. He was dropped from the Army's rolls on March 3,
1865, with the notation, in Special Order 52/11, that his location
and duties were unknown. The last document I have found for him is
from May of 1862. In his request for pardon to President Johnson, he
says he ended his Confederate service in the summer of 1862.
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Hurt was born in Halifax County,
Virginia in 1821 and moved with his family to Carroll County,
Tennessee in 1829. In 1835, he moved to Nashville, then returned to
Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, where he married in 1843 and
continued to live the rest of his life. Jackson became the junction
of the Mississippi Central RR and the Mobile & Ohio RR just
before the War started. He was a railroad promoter and may have been
a contractor to work a section on one or the other railroads. In
1860, he had $52,000 real estate and $67,000 personal estate
(including slaves). He was a State Legislator from 1859-1861 and
again after the war. He died in Jackson, Tenn. in 1881.
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| March 14, 1862 |
Was selected by 6 western railroad presidents to
fill the position that General Beauregard had recommended.
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| March 18, 1862 |
Requested detailed information about their roads
and rolling stock from the presidents of all the railroads in his area
of responsibility.
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| March 18 through May
14, 1862 |
Was busy with transportation issues in and
around Corinth. Signed as Military Superintendent of Railroads
| NA,
SM 3-18B-62 |
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SM 3-18C-62 |
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SM 3-19-62 |
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SM 3-19A-62 |
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SM 3-19B-62 |
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SM 3-19C-62 |
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SM 3-19D-62 |
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SM 3-20F-62 |
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SM 3-20G-62 |
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SM 3-22A-62 |
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M&O 3-24-62 |
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SM 3-24-62 |
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SM 3-29-62 |
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SM 3-29A-62 |
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SM 3-31-62 |
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M&C 4-10-62 |
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RR 4-12-62 |
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RR 4-14-62 |
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RR 4-15-62 |
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M&C 4-18-62 |
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RR 4-18-62 |
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RR 4-19-62 |
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RR 4-20-62 |
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NA, M&C
4-24-62 |
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SM 4-25-62 |
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M&O 4-27-62 |
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RR 4-27-62 |
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RR 4-28A-62 |
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RR 4-28B-62 |
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RR 4-28C-62 |
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RR 5-1-62 |
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RR 5-6-62 |
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RR 5-6A-62 |
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RR 5-8-62 |
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RR 5-13-62 |
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RR 5-14-62 |
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| April
4, 1862 |
Established a tri-weekly train from New Orleans
to Richmond
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| Tried to increase
the rolling stock on the Southern (of Mississippi) RR in order to
move more food eastward.
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| Given report on
Mobile & Ohio RR employees
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| April 25, 1862 |
Is requested to
provide a guard on each train
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| April 28, 1862 |
Request placed for
his commissioning.
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| July 11, 1862 |
Appointed a
Quartermaster Major, to report to General Bragg |
| February 17, 1865 |
Recommended to be
dropped from the rolls since his location and duties were unknown
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| July 24, 1865 |
Requests pardon
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