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Entries in blue are references
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Photo from the University of
North Carolina
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William was born September 14,
1814 in Rocky Point, N. C. He was a lawyer and a member of the North
Carolina Senate (1846 and 1858-60) and the U. S. House of
Representatives (1849-1855). He became the President of the
Wilmington & Weldon RR in 1854 and was a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1860 and to the North Carolina
Constitutional Convention in 1861.
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William married Sarah Ann Green in about
1836 and they had six children -- one an engineer and one a lawyer.
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| William Shepperd Ashe -- Major &
Assistant Quartermaster |
| January 1, 1861 |
Started the war as President of the Wilmington &
Weldon RR |
| May 7, 1861 |
Assisted in getting
the release from arrest of his Superintendent, Fremont
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| May 13, 1861 |
Elected to North
Carolina Secession Convention
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| July 2, 1861 |
Informed his
accounts would be settled in Charleston
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| July 15, 1861 |
Asked to correct
problem of shipments through Weldon from Wilmington
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| July 17, 1861 |
Appointed Major and Assistant
Quartermaster |
| July 18, 1861 |
Appointed to superintend railroad transportation of
troops and military stores on all the railroads in the Confederacy.
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| July 21, 1861 |
QMG says
telegraphs cannot charge RR Presidents
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| July 25, 1861 |
Ordered to determine
how long it would take to put in a junction for the Orange &
Alexandria and Manassas Gap RRs
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| July 29, 1861 |
His recommendations
concerning railroad traffic at Manassas Junction approved
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| July, 1861 |
Appointed T. W. Howard to be
Transportation Agent in Lynchburg
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| August 1, 1861 |
Hired slave Laborer
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| August 8, 1861 |
Had called for
flats; Virginia & Tennessee RR were refusing
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| August 18, 1861 |
Suggested to Gov. Brown that
Western & Atlantic RR help move supplies on neighboring roads
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| August 20, 1861 |
Included in request
for a warehouse as Hanover Junction
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| August 21, 1861 |
Transportation Agent
at Charlottesville began his duties under Ashe
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| August 22, 1861 |
Approved payment of his future
Clerk for a QM Department "special business" trip to
Fredericksburg
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| August 24, 1861 |
Asked about passes
for returning volunteers
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| August 26, 1861 |
Friend asked for a
job
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| August 30, 1861 |
Recommended a nearer
route to supply 2 divisions
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| September 3, 1861 |
Reported on method of
sending freight to Richmond from New Orleans
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| September 6, 1861 |
Telegrams sent
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| Received report that
Richmond RRs not willing to transport fuel purchased along their
roads.
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| September 7, 1861 |
Had agreement with the Virginia
Central RR that they would provide a locomotive for the Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac to Richmond & Petersburg RR
connector and the Government would provide a replacement locomotive.
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| Recommended S. L.
Fremont to establish the Wilmington defenses
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| Received word of B&O
RR locomotives at Duffield's Depot
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| Commented on number
of clerks needed in Wilmington
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| September 10, 1861 |
Planed to use Sharp's
teams to haul grain
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| September 13, 1861 |
Replied to complaint
of slow transportation of supplies
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| September 19, 1861 |
QMG forwarded
Landon's idea regarding paying RRs
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| September 23, 1861 |
Warned Gov. Brown that a naval
attack was intended for the Brunswick & Florida RR
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| Responded to
Quartermaster General about ability of Virginia Central RR to meet
the needs of the army.
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| September 25, 1861 |
Sent on a trip to secure locomotives and cars for use
on the East Tennessee & Virginia RR
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| October 4, 1861 |
Held a railroad convention in
Chattanooga
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| October 7, 1861 |
Reported on RRs from
Knoxville
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| October 15, 1861 |
Ordered locomotive to be
placed according to the instructions of the Richmond &
Petersburg RR
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| Ordered to evaluate
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR request for B&O RR cars
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| October 16, 1861 |
Reported he had
employed Howard
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| October 17, 1861 |
Held railroad convention in Knoxville
{almost certainly an error by the National
Archives clerk} |
| October 21, 1861 |
Received report on
southern RRs from Langdon
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| October 26, 1861 |
Appointed a Transportation Agent
at Montgomery
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| October 29, 1861 |
Negotiated with
Virginia Central RR for an ambulance train
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| Told to see to the
delayed shipment of a hay press
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| November 1, 1861 |
Appointed a
Transportation Agent at Weldon, N. C.
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| November 9, 1861 |
Ordered to send a
special train of flour to Manassas
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| November 13, 1861 |
Recommended military
guard bridges
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| November 18, 1861 |
Authorized priority for
transportation of iron for Tredegar
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| November 20, 1861 |
On his relief,
Morfit was stated to be serving under Ashe
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| November 27, 1861 |
Wrote President
Davis regarding railroad connections needed
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| QM General acquainted
him with desire to transfer a locomotive from one road to another
and also transshipment problem in Petersburg
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| November 28, 1861 |
Appointed John W.
Rogers agent at Grand Junction, Tenn.
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| November 30, 1861 |
Transmitted a request
from Wadley for an agent
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| December 1, 1861 |
Hired Robert Hill as
Transportation Agent for the Richmond & York River RR
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| December 7, 1861 |
Pushed a route for
the Danville Connection; met with RR Presidents and President Davis
on the subject
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| December 8, 1861 |
Paid for Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac RR for hauling Government locomotives
and cars
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| December 10, 1861 |
Recommended QM
Department accept Chattanooga Convention rates
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| QM General sent him
report on rolling stock supplying Manassas
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| QM General directed
him to supply flats for Ordnance Dept. move on Petersburg RR
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| December 12, 1861 |
Ordered Capt. Sharp
to issue cars and equipment to the Orange & Alexandria RR
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| December 16, 1861 |
Appointed
Transportation Agent at Columbia
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| Bought uniform cloth
in Richmond
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| December 23, 1861 |
Asked to find a way
to overcome the steamboat connection in Wilmington
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| December 24, 1861 |
C. S. Senate confirmed his
position and rank
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| December 30, 1861 |
Paid Transportation
Agent Lucas
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| December 31, 1861 |
Paid CS Locomotive
hands
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| January 1, 1862 |
Paid Transportation Agent Howard
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| January 4, 1862 |
Contracted for 20
box cars to be built
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| January 8, 1862 |
Wrote QM General
about B&O RR machinery and its transfer to the Ordnance Dept.
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| January 9, 1862 |
Paid Transportation
Agent Lucas
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| January 14, 1862 |
Proposed plan to
assist East Tennessee & Virginia RR
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| January 20, 1862 |
Probably approved
pay for engineer
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| January 21, 1862 |
Probably approved the purchase
of 5 cars
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| Approved payment of
Transportation Agent
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| January 27, 1862 |
Approved charges for hauling
captured locomotives to Richmond
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| Earliest known
Transportation Request document under Ashe
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| January 28, 1862 |
Ordered Morfit to
visit Knoxville, Nashville & Paris and send forward freight and
cars belonging to other roads
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| Appointed Finley as
Transportation Agent at Charleston
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| January 31, 1862 |
Paid for his Clerk, Locomotive
hands, coal train agent
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| Paid Transportation
Agent at Weldon
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| Was a member of the
First Permanent Confederate House of Representatives
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| February 1, 1862 |
This date or before,
appointed William H. Shaw Transportation Agent at Kingville, S. C.
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| Paid for wood for
government locomotive
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| February 2, 1862 |
Was involved in the
purchase of 20 cars from the Georgia RR for the Government
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| February 6, 1862 |
Wrote QM General
about cars purchased for East Tennessee & Virginia RR
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| February 7, 1862 |
Probably hired C. S.
England as Transportation Agent for Huntsville, Ala. to start work
this date. |
| February 8, 1862 |
Suggested North Carolina
Convention adopt words for Piedmont connection
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| February 11, 1862 |
Submitted his
resignation to Davis
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| February 13, 1862 |
Appointed John W. Goodwin
Transportation Agent at Corinth, Miss.
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| February 17, 1862 |
Was offered 70 new
railroad carts for sale
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| February 18, 1862 |
Approved purchase of 5 cars
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| February 28, 1862 |
Paid for Clerk
and coal train agent
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| Paid Raleigh
Transportation Agent
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| March 1, 1862 |
Sent Capt. Morfit to forward
Government freight throughout the Confederacy
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| March 3, 1862 |
Reported on shipping
munitions by Express on Wilmington & Manchester RR
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| March 4, 1862 |
Should freight go by
mail train when there is no freight train?
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| March 8, 1862 |
Capt. Morfit ordered to car
makers
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| March 11, 1862 |
Issue with Memphis &
Charleston RR billing
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| March 25, 1862 |
Approved the purchase of 3 box
cars
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| Paid Raleigh
Transportation Agent
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| March 31, 1862 |
Paid for Clerk, Locomotive
hands, coal train agent
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| Paid Lynchburg and
Columbia Transportation
Agents
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| April 1, 1862 |
Attended Convention
of RRs regarding moving troops in North Carolina
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| April 2, 1862 |
Told to return
the cars of the Richmond & Petersburg RR as soon as possible
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| April 4, 1862 |
Was included in plan
to ship North Carolina corn
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| April 11, 1862 |
Wrote to John W. Goodwin, asking
him to withdraw his resignation
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| April 15, 1862 |
Recommended D. H. Wood for
promotion to Major in Transportation Department; signed as Chief of
Transportation Department
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| April 19, 1862 |
Appointed to buy small arms from
the citizens of North Carolina
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| Recommended details
to Wilmington & Weldon RR
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| April 22, 1862 |
Hill asked Secretary
of War for a position as Ashe's assistant
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| April 23, 1862 |
House created position of Chief
of Railroad Transportation (not signed into law)
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| April 25, 1862 |
QMG wrote regarding
a Wilmington & Manchester RR claim
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| April 30, 1862 |
Paid Government
locomotive hands and Transportation Agents
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| May 2, 1862 |
Shop tools issued to the
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR under orders from him.
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| May 26, 1862 |
Was in Wilmington, running the
Wilmington & Weldon RR
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| At some point, had
appointed a Transportation Agent at Charlotte
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| May 31, 1862 |
Paid CS locomotive
hands
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| June 4, 1862 |
Paid CS locomotive engineer
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| June 8, 1862 |
Recommended Morfit for position
of Chief of Transportation Bureau
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| June 9, 1862 |
Paid Transportation
and other Agents
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| June 16, 1862 |
Capt. Pierce reported
on status of contract between Allen and Ashe to make cars
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| June 26, 1862 |
Major Morfit ordered to take over the duties Major
Ashe had performed {Ashe had
resigned}
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| Before July 1, 1862 |
Gave a shipping authority to an
agent who was later investigated.
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| Before July 1, 1862 |
Purchased 19 Box Cars from the
Georgia RR
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| July 5, 1862 |
Paid for repairs to
19 cars
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| July 31, 1862 |
His assistant paid, after his
death, despite the dates on the forms
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| August 5, 1862 |
Allowed to borrow
public teams and wagons
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| August 7, 1862 |
Daniel noted Morfit
has done his job while Ashe was travelling and since Ashe had
withdrawn
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| August 21, 1862 |
Notice posted to stop buying arms under his authority.
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| September 3, 1862 |
Sharp wrote QM
General regarding a complaint by Mr. Ashe
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| September 14, 1862 |
Run into and killed by a locomotive while operating a
hand car on his own railroad.
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NP, WJ
9-13-62 |
| NP, RD 9-15-62 |
| NP,
WJ 9-15-62 |
| NP, WJ 9-15A-62 |
| NP, RR 9-17-62 |
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NP, WJ
9-18-62 |
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NP, WJ
9-18A-62 |
| NP, CW 9-22-62 |
| NP, SRDR 9-23-62 |
| NP, RSTD 9-24-62 |
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NP, AP
9-26-62 |
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| November 28, 1862 |
His connection to sugar
shipments in winter/spring 1862 explained
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