Confederate Railroad Track Removals
   Because of the shortages of iron, miners, skilled iron workers, and rolling mills, the Confederacy was never able to produce enough iron and iron products to meet its needs. The Government's priorities placed artillery pieces (of all sizes) and their ammunition at the top of the priority list; next came armor for ironclads; then came iron for critical army needs (axles for wagons, bolts for repairing bridges, shovels and axes, pieces for creating manufacturing operations, etc.); last was iron for railroads (repair parts for rolling stock, track, parts for new rolling stock construction, etc.).
   Some of the iron needs were met by captures from Union forces (artillery, ammunition, wagons) during the war and some was taken during the first few months of the war (cannon at Norfolk, locomotives/cars/rails from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Union army railroads). But these sources were uncertain and limited, at best. The only sure source of iron for the railroads was the railroads themselves.
   When the war started, there were new rails amounting to roughly 75 miles of new track in the Confederacy and not yet laid. Small amounts were kept by many roads for repairs, but the main stocks were intended for new construction (Virginia Central RR, Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR, Southern Pacific RR, and others). Unfortunately, the Confederacy's new construction needs did not match the plans of the various railroads, and government action was necessary to get the rails needed for its required new construction (Piedmont RR, Selma & Meridian RR, Lawton & Live Oak RR, and many small projects).
   Below are listed the Government railroad rail removal activities (including purchases of unlaid rails) that I can document from period documents. Many rails were taken up by the railroads for their own repairs, using spare rails and sidings, and are not listed below. As the war progressed, railroads removed from Confederate control by Union capture, repair work for roads damaged by the armies and replacement of worn out rails (usually laminated ones) worked to reduce the stock of rails available for railroad operations. By early 1864, the only source for Southern railroads was removal of Union rails in northeastern Virginia and the elimination of Confederate railroads of lesser importance. Those railroads fought the removal of their rails in the courts and Congress and delayed many removals, to the detriment of the war effort.
   The documentation below shows the protracted fights some railroads engaged in to prevent their rails being taken. In other cases, there are hints of pressure in the background, but few written documents to chronicle the struggles over the iron. Late-war needs (mostly the repairs to the railroads damaged by Sherman's army) were met with limited opposition against an insistent government, but are poorly documented.
   Though I have spent nearly 20 years researching Confederate railroads, I make no claim to have compiled a complete list of removals. Roughly 1,050 miles of rails are documented below, though many were not, in fact, taken up. The essential source of documents (the records of the Commission for the Collection and Distribution of Railroad Iron) does not appear to have survived, so we have only the 650 bits and pieces recorded below. This table contains the documents I have found, with my comments.
 
Yr = the year in which most rails were removed
Refs = the link to a page of reference documents
Miles = the miles removed (both rails)
Purpose = the stated reasons for the removal, though the rationale may have changed between request and actual removal
Comments = my evaluations, but without documentation
 
Source Railroad Yr Refs Miles Purpose Comments
Alabama & Florida (of Florida) 62 AL,  A&F 11-18-62 3 For Montgomery & West Point RR  
  62 NA, SWT 5-26-62 25 For Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR and Northeast & Southwest Alabama RR (Selma & Meridian RR)  
NA, A&F 6-10-62
NA, SWT 7-15-62
NA, SWT 7-15A-62
NA, A&F 9-2-62
NA, RR 9-30A-62
NA, A&F 9-x-62
NA, SWT 10-21-62
NA, M&&S 12-3-62

NA, M&GN 12-12-62

NA, M&E 12-19-62

NA, M&E 12-19A-62

NA, M&GN 1-1-63
NA, A&F 1-2-63
NA, A&F 1-21-63
NA, A&F 2-3-63
NA, A&F 3-13-63
NA, QM 3-18A-63
NA, A&F 3-30-63
NA, A&F 4-13-63
NA, A&F 4-22-63
NA, A&F 5-15-63
NA, A&F 6-1-63
NA, A&F 6-2-63
AR, A&F(FL) 5-1-67
NA, A&F 5-5-62 25 Safe keeping Unlikely more than a few miles were removed
NA, A&F 5-9-62    
NA, SWT 5-28-62
NA, A&F 5-29-62
NA, SWR 5-29-62
NA, SWR 5-29A-62
NA, SWR 5-30-62
NA, SWR 5-31-62
NA, A&F 6-4-62
NA, A&F 7-7-62
NA, A&F 6-2-63
63

NA, ENG 3-28-63

 6 For Montgomery & West Point RR Part of the 25 miles taken for safe keeping

NA, SWT 4-23A-63

AR, A&F(FL) 5-1-67
  NA, ENG 5-5C-63 15 General requirements  
  NA, ENG 5-6-63    
  NA, ENG 7-18A-63  
  NA, ENG 7-18D-63  
  LVA, RRB 7-21-63  
  NA, A&F 7-31-63  
  NA, ENG 8-3-63  
  NA, A&F 8-11-63  
  NA, A&F 8-13-63  
  FHS, FL 8-25-63  
  NA, ENG 8-27B-63  
  NA, A&F 12-5-63  
  NA, A&F 12-10-63 6 3 For Mobile floating battery  
  NA, A&F 12-23-63      
  NA, A&F 1-31-63  
  NA, A&F 1-31A-63  
  NA, A&F 1-3-63  
  NA, A&F 1-8-63  
  NA, A&F 1-8A-63  
  NA, SWR 1-14-63  
  NA, M&GN 2-1-63  
  NA, A&F 2-5-63  
  NA, A&F 2-21-63  
  NA, A&F 2-x-63  
64 NA, RRB 3-17-64 2 Some for Montgomery & West Point RR May have been used on Montgomery connection
  NA, RR 5-14-64 1 For Tombigbee River bridge  
  NA, ENG 5-24-64 7 For repairs to damaged RRs  
  NA, ENG 6-24G-64      
  NA, ENG 6-24I-64  
  NA, ENG 7-22-64  
  NA, DAMELA 7-25-64  
  NA, DAMELA 7-25B-64  
  NA, DAMELA 7-29-64  
  OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 737  
  NA, RRB 8-1-64  
  AL,  A&F 9-3-64  
  AL,  A&F 9-28-64  
  NA, A&F 10-1-64  
64 AR, A&F(FL) 5-1-67 1/4 For South & North Alabama RR  
Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire 61 NP, AS 10-23-61     Union newspaper report from Washington D. C.
Allen's Plantation 62 NA, CSN 10-3-62 3 For Navy  
Atlanta & West Point 64 NP, CT 10-8-64 15 Prevent Sherman's use  
Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio 64 NA, ENG 6-16C-63 31 For Piedmont RR and Charlotte & South Carolina RR  
  NA, ENG 6-16D-63      
NA, ENG 2-9-64  
NA, ENG 3-7A-64  
NA, ENG 3-24A-64  
NA, ENG 4-2A-64  
OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1268  
NP, RCF 4-13A-64  
NA, ENG 4-29C-64  
NA, ENG 4-30-64  
NA, QM 5-7A-64  
NA, DSCGF 6-27A-64  
NA, DSCGF 6-27B-64  
NA, DSCGF 7-1-64  
NA, DSCGF 7-8-64  
NA, DSCGF 7-8A-64  
NA, ENG 7-9A-64  
NA, ENG 7-9C-64  
NA, ENGR 7-9-64  
NA, DSCGF 7-10-64  
NA, ENGR 7-10-64  
NA, ENG 7-13-64  
NA, ENGR 7-19-64  
NA, ENG 7-21-64  
NA, ENG 7-21B-64  
NA, ENG 7-22E-64  
NA, ENG 7-22H-64  
NA, ENG 7-23A-64  
NA, ENG 7-24-64  
NA, ENG 7-25A-64  
NA, ENG 7-26E-64  
NA, ENG 8-8A-64  
NA, ENG 8-8B-64  
NA, ENG 8-8C-64  
NA, ATO 8-25-64  
65 OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 683 12 Uncertain if undertaken  
Atlantic & Gulf 61 NA, SC 12-30-61 4    
  62 NA, A&G 2-5-62 0.1 For magazine cover  
NA, QMR 8-23-62
62 NA, SWR 3-14-63 ? For Navy armor  
NA, SWR 3-16-63
65 AR, A&G 1-1-66 14    
Atlantic & North Carolina 61 NA, A&NC 4-16-61 0.1 Wharf to Fort Macon  
  63 NA, RR 5-12-62 ? For Piedmont RR, Wilmington & Weldon RR and Navy  
NA, ENG 12-26-62      
NA, ENG 1-16-63  
NA, QMR 1-26-63  
NA, ENGR 2-12-63  
NA, ENG 3-21-63  
AR, A&NC 6-1-63  
NA, ENG 7-1A-63  
NA, ENG 7-1B-63  
NA, ENG 7-1C-63  
Augusta & Savannah 65 AHC, LPG 1-18A-65 12 For Georgia RR  
AHC, LPG 1-26-65  
AHC, LPG 1-26A-65  
AHC, LPG 1-26D-65  
AHC, LPG 2-7C-65  
D, A&S 2-15-65  
  AR, CG 12-1-65  
Baltimore & Ohio 61 OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 248 37 4 miles used on Centreville RR  
  NA, QMR 10-16A-61      
NA, MG 12-22-61  
OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 693  
Blue Ridge 63 NA, P 5-29-63 1 1/2 For Piedmont RR  
  NA, BR 6-30-63 1 3/4    
64 NA, ENGR 11-14B-64 ? For Charlotte &South Carolina RR  
Brunswick & Albany 62 UG, B&F 10-16-61 4 For Batteries on St Simone and Tekyl Islands in Brunswick harbor and for making Naval ship armor  
  NA, B&A 2-28-62    
NA, B&A 6-30-62
NA, SWR 7-31-62 ? For the public service  
NA, B&A 9-30A-62      
NA, B&A 10-31-62  
NA, SWT 11-4-62  
NA, B&A 11-5-62  
NA, B&A 11-30-62  
63 NA, SWR 1-5-63  
NA, DSCGF 1-27-63  
NA, DSCGF 1-27A-63  
NA, SWT 3-31-63  
NA, ENG 5-18B-63  
NA, ENG 9-20-63  
NA, ENGR 9-29-63  
NA, ENG 10-10-63  
NA, B&A 10-16-63  
NA, B&A 10-28-63  
NA, B&A 11-1-63  
NA, CSN 11-9-63  
NA, CSN 11-13-63  
NA, CSN 11-15-63  
NA, SC 12-1-63  
NA, B&A 12-5-63  
NA, CSN 12-18-63  
NA, SC 12-21-63  
NA, B&A 12-24-63  
NA, B&A 12-24A-63 50
For South Carolina RR, 15 miles
For CS Navy, 10 miles
For State of Georgia (Georgia RR?), 4 1/2 miles
Remaining on line of Savannah, Albany & Gulf RR, 24 1/2 miles (Lawton & Live Oak Branch to Florida state line)
 
NA, B&A 12-24B-63
NA, B&A 12-24C-63
NA, SC 12-30-63
NA, SC 12-30A-63
NA, SC 12-30B-63
NA, CSN 1-16-64
NA, B&A 2-18-64
NA, B&A 2-22-64
NA, CSN 3-16-64
NA, B&A 3-29-64
NA, C 3-29-64
NA, B&A 5-21-64
NA, B&A 9-8-64
AR, A&G 1-1-66
Cahaba, Marion & Greensboro 62 NA, M&S 12-3-62 14 For Selma & Meridian RR  
  NA, A&F 3-30-63    
NA, CM&G 4-30-62
NA, CM&G 4-30A-62
NA, SWR 5-2-62
NA, SWR 5-4-62
NA, SWR 5-12-62
NA, SWT 5-26-62
NA, SWR 5-29A-62
NA, A&F 9-2-62
NA, A&F 9-x-62
NA, CM&G 10-15-62
NA, SWR 12-24-62
NA, QMR 2-2-63
NA, CM&G 2-10-63
NA, A&F 5-15-63
63 NA, ENG 7-18A-63 12 Many claims for the iron  
NA, ENG 7-18D-63      
NA, ENG 8-7A-63  
NA, ENG 8-11A-63  
NA, ENG 9-4B-63  
NA, ENG 9-5-63  
64 NA, DAMELA 10-26-64 29 For Alabama & Tennessee River RR and Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR  
Charleston & Savannah 65 COC, C&S 1-XA-65 14 Amount removed unknown  
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 990  
AHC, LPG 1-7B-65  
AHC, LPG 1-11-65  

Confederate Locomotive Shops

(Old Raleigh & Gaston shops)

  NA, QM 11-27A-63 1/2    
Florida
Fernandina to Callahan
62 NA, SWR 3-13-62 26    
  UF, P&G 3-13-62      
NA, SWR 3-18-62    
NA, P&G 3-19-62    
NA, P&G 3-19A-62    
FHS, FL 3-20-62    
FHS, FL 3-24-62    
OR Series 1, Vol. 14, Page 474    
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 222    
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 224    
63 FHS, FL 3-30-63    
FHS, FL 5-4-63    
FHS, FL 5-7-63    
FHS, FL 5-12-63    
NA, SWR 5-13-63    
FHS, FL 5-21-63    
FHS, FL 5-23-63    
NA, SWR 5-30-63    
NA, SWR 6-4-63    
NA, SWR 6-8-63    
NA, ENG 6-9C-63    
NA, ENG 6-9G-63    
FHS, FL 6-19-63    
FHS, FL 7-10-63    
FHS, FL 7-15-63    
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 648    
NA, ENG 8-26A-63    
FHS, FL 9-16-63    
NA, ENGR 10-6-63    
NA, ENG 10-27A-63    
64 NA, ENG 12-3-63 ? For Lawton & Live Oak RR  
NA, ENG 1-7-64      
NA, ENG 5-24-64  
NA, ENG 6-17B-64  
OR Series 1, Vol. 35, Part 1, Page 436  
OR Series 1, Vol. 35, Part 2, Page 484  
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 349  
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 353  
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 355  
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 357  
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 358  
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 359  
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 362  
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 560  
NP, CS 5-7-64  
NA, DSCGF 5-12-64  
NA, ENG 6-10B-64  
NA, ENG 7-1-64  
NA, ENG 7-5-64  
NA, ENG 7-7A-64  
NA, ENG 7-20-64  
NA, ENG 7-22A-64  
NA, ENG 7-25-64  
NA, ENG 7-30A-64  
NA, DF 8-22-64  
NA, A&F 10-1-64  
NA, RR 10-31-64  
NA, QMR 1-24A-65  
65 UF, F 11-4-65 25 For Lawton & Live Oak RR  
Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central 62 OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 222 ?    
  NA, SWR 3-18-62
FHS, FL 3-24-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 53, Page 224
64 NA, ENG 1-7-64 19    
NA, ENG 5-24-64      
For Morgan, Mobile 63 NA, DG 1-31-63 1/4? For Navy floating battery  
Georgia 62 NA, CSN 7-23-62 30 For Navy  
  63 NA, ENG 5-18B-63 5 For Navy  
64 OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 850 55 To be stored at Augusta Entire removal unlikely
NA, ENGR 9-24A-64      
NA, ENGR 9-26-64  
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 863  
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 784  
NA, ENGR 11-11-64  
King's Mountain 65 NA, ENG 2-23-64 ? At least 6 miles for the Charlotte & South Carolina RR and some for Piedmont RR  
  NA, ENG 2-23A-64      
NA, ENG 3-1C-64  
NA, ENG 3-7-64  
NA, ENG 3-24A-64  
NA, QMR 4-19-64  
NA, ENG 5-2C-64  
NA, ENGR 11-22A-64  
NA, ENGR 12-8-64  
NP, YE 3-29-65  
NP, YE 4-19-65  
Laurens 64 NA, ENG 9-4A-63 34 To maintain main line railroads Removal uncertain
  NA, ENGR 1-10-64      
NA, ENG 2-22G-64  
NA, ENG 2-25A-64  
NA, ENGR 9-27-64  
NA, ENGR 10-27A-64  
NA, ENGR 10-29-64  
NA, ENGR 10-30A-64  
NA, ENGR 12-3A-64  
Macon & Brunswick 61 UG, SA&G 9-25A-61 8    
  65 AHC, LPG 1-9B-65 12 For Macon & Western RR and Georgia RR  
AR, M&B 1-1-66  
Macon & Western 62 NA, W&A 2-2-63 5 For gunboat armor  
  NA, RR 7-3-63
64 OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 850A 44+ 18 To be retained for future use. Entire removal unlikely
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 867      
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 868  
NA, ENGR 9-24A-64  
NP, CT 10-8-64  
65 NA, ENGR 11-11-64 15 For repair of other railroads Unknown if much was removed
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 714      
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 727  
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 3, Page 727A  
NP, SW 3-29-65  
Manassas Gap 63 NA, ENGR 3-12A-63 ?   Removal uncertain
  NA, QM 5-7-63      
64 NA, QM 3-15-64 ?   Removal uncertain
NA, QM 4-22A-64      
Memphis & Charleston near Memphis 64 OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 3, Page 835 85   Unlikely all was removed
near Tuscumbia 64 NA, DAMELA 10-23-64 ?   Removal unknown
Mexican Gulf 62 ORN Series 2, Vol. 1, Page 694 28   Unlikely to have been removed before New Orleans fell
Mississippi, Gainesville & Tuscaloosa 64 NA, ENG 7-18-63 22 Initially for Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR Removal likely
  NA, ENG 7-18A-63      
NA, ENG 7-18D-63  
NA, SWT 8-11-63  
NA, SWT 8-14-63  
NA, ENG 8-18A-63  
NA, ENG 9-4B-63  
NA, ENG 9-5-63  
NA, ENG 3-17-64  
NA, ENG 6-15-64  
NA, ENG 7-22-64  
NA, ENG 7-22G-64  
NA, ENG 7-26-64  
NA, ENG 7-26A-64  
NA, ENG 7-26D-64  
NA, ENG 7-27-64  
Mississippi Central 62 OR Series 1, Vol. 17, Part 2, Page 604 ?    
  63 NA, ENG 8-7A-63 ? For general requirements Removal uncertain
NA, ENG 8-11A-63      
NA, DSCGF 11-7-63  
Mississippi, Ouachita & Red River 62 B20, MO&RR 4-3-62 3 To provide iron protection for rams of the River Defence Fleet  
  NA, MO&RR 11-27-62
NA, MO&RR 12-31-62
Mobile & Great Northern 61 NA, M&GN 5-xA-61 5 Mobile & Great Northern RR's own rail, removed from Pensacola warehouse  
  NA, M&GN 1-31-62
Mobile & Spring Hill 64 NA, ENG 2-15A-64 8 For general repairs  
  NA, ENG 3-1A-64      
NA, ENG 3-22-64  
NA, ENG 3-22A-64  
NA, ENG 3-22B-64  
NA, ENG 4-27A-64  
NA, ENG 4-28-64  
NA, ENG 4-5-64  
NP, MAR 5-6-64  
NP, MAR 5-8-64  
NA, ENG 6-24G-64  
NA, ENG 6-24I-64  
NA, ENG 7-22-64  
Montgomery & Eufaula 62 NA, SWT 5-26-62 ? For Selma & Meridian RR  
  NA, SWR 5-29A-62
NA, A&F 9-2-62
NA, A&F 9-x-62
NA, M&S 12-3-62
NA, A&F 3-30-63
NA, A&F 5-15-63
Nashville & Chattanooga 62 NA, DET 4-2-62 12 For Knoxville & Kentucky RR  
  NA, RR 4-19B-62 ? For Selma to Meridian RR Seizure uncertain
Norfolk & Petersburg 63 NA, ENG 1-29B-63 ? For Piedmont RR  
  NA, ENGR 2-1-63      
NA, ENG 2-4A-63  
NA, ENG 2-25-63  
NA, ENG 3-10B-63  
NA, ENG 3-14-63  
NA, ENGR 4-6-63  
NA, ENG 4-8-63  
NA, ENG 4-8B-63  
NA, ENG 5-23A-63  
NA, ENG 5-27-63  
NA, ENG 6-9B-63  
NA, ENG 6-9E-63  
North Western Railroad of Alabama 63 NA, SWR 12-24-62 11 For repair of Southern (of Mississippi) RR Removal unlikely
  NA, ENG 7-18A-63   For general maintenance needs  
NA, ENG 7-18D-63    
NA, SWR 8-1-63  
NA, ENG 9-4B-63  
NA, ENG 9-5-63  
64 NA, DAMELA 7-25A-64 11 For Montgomery & West Point RR  
NA, DAMELA 7-29A-64      
NA, DAMELA 8-13-64  
Orange & Alexandria 63 NA, ENGR 3-12A-63 ? For maintenance of main line roads  
  OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 794       
NA, DSCGF 10-22-63  
NA, DSCGF 10-22D-63  
NA, ENGR 10-29-63  
NA, ANV 10-29-63  
NP, R 10-29-63  
NP, RV 10-30-63  
NA, ENG 11-2-63  
NA, DSCGF 11-7-63  
64 NA, ENG 4-18-64 ? For Richmond & Danville RR  
NA, ENG 4-22A-64      
NA, ENG 4-26D-64  
NA, QMR 7-11A-64  
NA, QM 7-16-64  
NA, ENG 7-19-64  
NA, ENGR 7-19A-64  
NA, ENG 7-24A-64  
NA, ENG 7-26G-64  
NA, QM 7-29-64  
NA, ENG 7-30-64  
NA, ENG 8-12B-64  
Pensacola & Georgia 62 NA, P&G 11-15-62 .05 Sold to Government  
Pensacola & Mobile 62 AL,  P&M 5-20-62 5   Removal uncertain
  63 NA, ENG 3-28-63 5 For Montgomery & West Point RR  
Petersburg 64 NA, ENGR 11-21A-64 19   Removal uncertain
Raleigh & Gaston 63 NA, ENG 12-26-62 ? For Piedmont RR  
  NA, ENG 1-16-63
64 NA, ENGR 11-21A-64 12   Removal uncertain
Red River? 63 NA, CSN 5-9-63 75 yds For gunboat armor  
Richmond City Railway 63 NP, RD 1-28-63 6? For gunboat armor  
NA, RR 7-31B-63      
NA, RR 8-3-63  
NA, RR 8-31D-63  
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Hungary Branch 62 VHS Mss3R4152b Daniel ltrbk p430 3 General railroads maintenance  
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Hamilton's Crossing to Fredericksburg 62 OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 651 5 ? May have been re-laid
64 NA, ENG 4-6-64 For Piedmont RR May have been iron from the Acquia Creek Branch
NA, ENG 4-18-64
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Fredericksburg to Acquia Creek 63 OR Series 1, Vol. 5, Page 1096 ? For general maintenance needs and to prevent the Union from using them in an attack on Fredericksburg  
VHS, RF&P 4-1-62  
  OR Series 1, Vol. 21, Page 1014      
OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 926  
OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 930  
OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 1046  
NA, ENGR 8-27A-63  
NP, WT 9-2-63  
NA, ENG 10-6-63  
NA, ENG 10-12A-63  
NA, DSCGF 10-22-63  
NA, ENG 10-26-63  
OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 802  
NA, ENG 10-27-63  
NA, ENG 10-29-63  
NA, ENG 10-29A-63  
NA, ENG 10-29B-63  
NA, ENG 10-29C-63  
OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 821  
NA, DSCGF 11-7-63  
NA, ENG 11-9-63  
NA, ENG 11-14A-63  
NA, ENG 6-18A-63  
NA, ENG 6-19A-63  
NA, ENG 6-19C-63  
NA, ENG 6-22A-63  
NA, ENG 6-23A-63  
NA, ENG 6-23B-63  
NA, ENGR 6-24-63  
NA, ENG 6-25A-63  
NP, MAP 6-27-63  
NP, RE 7-3-63  
NA, ENG 7-16B-63  
NA, ENG 7-17B-63  
NA, ENG 7-17D-63  
NA, ENG 7-18B-63  
NA, ENG 7-18E-63  
NA, ENG 7-20B-63  
NA, ENG 7-25A-63  
NA, ENGR 7-25-63  
NA, ENG 7-27A-63  
NA, ENG 7-27C-63  
NA, ENG 7-27D-63  
NA, ENG 8-3A-63  
NA, ENGR 8-4A-63  
NA, RF&P 8-8-63  
NA, RR 8-27A-63  
NA, ENG 9-10-63  
NA, SWS 9-30-63  
NA, RF&P 10-16-63  
NA, RF&P 10-19-63  
NA, DSCGF 10-22D-63  
NA, SWT 10-28-63  
NA, ANV 10-29-63  
NA, ANV 10-29A-63  
NA, RF&P 10-xx-63  
NA, RR 11-5-63  
NA, ENG 11-10A-63  
NA, RF&P 11-25-63  
64 NA, ENG 1-14-64  
NA, ENGR 1-15-64  
NA, ENG 1-22-64  
NA, ENG 1-26A-64  
NA, RF&P 1-26-64  
NA, ENG 2-8-64  
NA, ENGR 2-24-64  
NA, ENGR 2-25A-64  
NA, RR 2-25-64  
NA, ENG 3-5-64  
NA, ENG 3-12A-64  
NA, ENG 3-14A-64  
NA, RR 3-15-64  
NA, RR 3-15A-64  
NA, RR 4-12-64  
NA, RR 4-22-64  
NA, RR 4-22A-64  
NA, RF&P 4-x-64  
NA, ENGR 7-28A-64  
NA, ENGR 9-19B-64  
NA, ENGR 9-27A-64  
NA, ENGR 10-20A-64  
NA, ENGR 10-21-64  
NA, ENG 10-25-64  
NA, ENGR 10-25-64  
NA, ENGR 10-27-64  
NA, ENGR 10-28-64  
NA, ENGR 10-28A-64  
NA, ENGR 10-30-64  
NA, ENGR 10-31-64  
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1198  
NA, ENGR 11-2-64  
NA, ENG 11-7-64  
NA, ENGR 11-7-64  
NA, QMR 11-7-64  
NA, RF&P 11-9-64  
NA, ENGR 11-10B-64  
NA, ENGR 11-12A-64  
NA, ENGR 11-12B-64  
NA, ENGR 11-18A-64  
NA, ENGR 11-21-64  
NA, QMR 11-24-64  
NA, ENGR 11-27-64  
NA, ENGR 11-30-64  
NA, ENGR 12-6A-64  

NA, RF&P 12-20-64

  
Richmond & Danville 64 NA, ENG 8-12A-64 ? Being replaced with heavier rail  
Richmond & Petersburg Port Walthall Branch 63 NA, ENG 12-26-62 2 3/4 For Piedmont RR  
  NA, ENG 1-16-63      
NA, ENG 6-25A-63  
Richmond & York River 63

NA, ENG 12-26-62

 15 Removed at various times, some for Piedmont RR (including 5 miles trade for repairs to Richmond & Danville RR)  
  NA, ENG 1-16-63      
NA, ENG 2-18-63  
NA, ENG 2-25C-63  
NA, ENG 3-4-63  
NA, ENG 3-10-63  
NA, ENG 3-26-63  
NA, ENG 4-6-63  
NA, ENG 4-7A-63  
NA, ENGR 4-16-63  
NA, ENG 4-30B-63  
NA, ENG 5-9A-63  
NA, RR 6-4-63  
NA, ENGR 6-11A-63  
NA, ENG 6-15B-63  
NA, R&YR 7-11-63  
NA, ENG 10-14-63  
NA, ENG 5-17A-64  
NA, ENG 6-30-64  
64 NA, R&YR 5-18-64 10 1/3 For Richmond & Danville RR repairs  
NA, R&YR 5-26-64      
NA, ENG 6-23C-64  
OR Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 2, Page 686  
NA, AIG 6-28-64  
NA, ENG 6-28-64  
NA, ENG 7-1C-64  
NA, ENG 7-8-64  
NA, ENG 7-9-64  
NA, ENG 7-13-64  
AR, R&YR 10-1-64 P  
Roanoke Valley 63 NA, ENG 12-26-62 22 For Piedmont RR  
  NA, ENG 1-16-63
NA, QMR 1-16B-63
NA, ENG 1-29B-63
NCA, RRB 4-1-63
NA, ENG 6-2A-63
NA, ENG 6-3-63
NA, ENG 6-3A-63
NA, ENGR 6-3A-63
NA, ENGR 6-6B-63
NA, ENG 6-8-63
NA, ENGR 6-11-63
NA, ENG 6-26-63
NA, ENG 7-3-63
NA, ENG 7-16A-63
NA, ENG 7-16D-63
NA, RV 8-7-63
NA, ENG 8-8A-63
NA, RRB 8-29A-63
NA, ENG 8-29B-63
NA, QMR 9-3-63
NA, P 10-2-63
H, RRB 10-9-63
RRBAT 10-20-1863
NCA, RRB 10-23-63
RRBAT11-14A-1863
NA, P 11-30-63
NA, QMR 3-3A-64
NA, ENG 3-12-64
NA, ENG 4-2B-64
NA, RV 4-22-64
Rogersville & Jefferson 64
NA, ENG 5-7-63
NA, ENG 5-12B-63
NA, ENG 11-26D-63
2 Initially, 4 miles for Virginia & Tennessee RR Saltville Branch and the remainder for Piedmont RR; later plan to give Piedmont RR portion to East Tennessee & Virginia RR (3 1/2 miles) and East Tennessee & Georgia RR (3 7/10 miles)
The issue to the Georgia road probably prevented by the Union capture of Knoxville September 2, 1863
A post-war Union army document implies that only 2 miles had been carried away
  NA, ENG 5-8-63      
NA, ENGR 5-8-63  
NA, ENG 5-9-63  
NA, ENG 5-11A-63  
NA, ENG 5-30-63  
NA, ENG 5-30A-63  
NA, ENGR 5-30-63  
NA, ENG 6-9D-63  
NA, ENG 6-29-63  
NA, ENGR 7-7-63  
NA, ENGR 7-19-63  
NA, ENG 7-24-63  
NA, ENG 7-24A-63  
NA, ENG 7-29-63  
NA, ENGR 8-5-63  
NA, ENGR 8-14A-63  
NA, ENGR 8-16-63  
NA, ENG 8-18-63  
NA, ENG 8-22-63  
NA, ENG 9-3-63  
NA, ENG 9-4-63  
NA, ENGR 11-20-63  
NA, RR 11-26-63  
NA, ENG 1-22-64  
NA, SWT 2-12-64  
NA, ENG 2-19A-64  
NA, ENG 3-18C-64  
NA, N&P 3-28-64  
San Antonio & Mexican Gulf 63 NA, SA&MG 7-19-63 3/4 For covering magazines and bombproofs  
  NA, SA&MG 8-31-63      
NA, SA&MG 8-31A-63  
NA, SA&MG 8-31B-63  
Savannah, Albany & Gulf 62 NA, SWT 5-13-62 ? For magazine cover  
Seaboard & Roanoke 63 NA, S&R 5-5-62 8 1/2 5 miles for Piedmont, rest for general requirements  
  NA, SWR 5-11-62      
NA, QM 5-19A-62    
NA, ENG 12-26-62    
NA, ENG 1-29B-63    
NA, ENGR 2-1-63    
NA, ENG 2-25-63    
NA, ENG 3-10A-63    
NA, ENG 3-10B-63    
NA, ENG 3-14-63    
NA, ENG 4-8-63    
NA, ENG 4-8B-63    
NA, S&R 4-10-63    
NA, S&R 5-5-63    
NA, RR 5-6-63    
NA, S&R 5-6-63    
NA, ENGR 5-22A-63    
NA, ENG 5-23A-63    

OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 329

    
NA, S&R 5-26-63    
NA, ENG 5-27-63 20  
NA, ENG 5-27A-63    
NA, ENG 5-27B-63    
NA, SWT 5-27-63    
NP, LL 5-27A-63    
NA, ENG 5-28B-63    
NA, S&R 5-29-63    
NA, ENG 5-30B-63    
NA, ENG 5-30C-63    
NA, RR 5-x-63    
NP, RD 6-5-63    
NA, ENGR 6-6C-63    
NA, ENG 6-9B-63    
NA, ENG 6-9E-63    
NA, ENG 6-18-63    
NA, ENG 6-25A-63    
NA, ENGR 6-29-63    
NA, ENG 8-8-63    
NA, ENG 8-20-63    
NA, ENGR 8-20A-63    
NA, S&R 9-17-63    
NA, S&R 9-29-63    
NA, S&R 7-1-64    
NA, SWR 8-15-64    
NA, QMR 8-24A-64    
NA, S&R 9-5-64    
NA, ENGR 9-21-64    
NA, ENGR 12-26-64    
South Carolina 63 NA, CSN 4-30-63 1/2 For Navy  
South Side 63 NA, ENG 8-29A-63 ? For general needs  
  64 NA, SS 5-4-64 2 For Piedmont RR  
South Side City Point Branch 63 NA, ENG 12-26-62 9 For Piedmont RR, actually used for maintenance of South Side RR  
  NA, ENG 1-29B-63      
NA, ENG 6-13-63  
NA, ENG 6-25A-63  
NA, ENG 8-27A-63  
AR, SS 10-1-63  
South Western Fort Gaines Branch 65

AR, CG 12-1-65

AHC, LPG 1-18E-65
20 Used on Central (of Georgia), Atlanta & West Point and Macon & Western RRs  
Tallahassee 64 NA, ENG 1-7-64 21 Probably for Lawton & Live Oak RR Removal uncertain
  NA, ENG 5-24-64  
Tennessee & Alabama Mount Pleasant Branch 63 NA, ENG 5-29A-63 12 For Nashville & Chattanooga RR  
  NA, SWT 5-29-63      
NA, ENG 6-1-63  
NA, ENG 6-4B-63  
NA, ENGR 6-6-63  
NA, ENG 6-15-63  
NA, ENG 6-16-63  
NA, ENG 6-19D-63  
AR, T&A 7-1-66  
Upson County 64 NA, ENGR 4-27-64 1/4 For Navy  
  NA, CSN 5-24-64  
Virginia Central 62 NA, VC 9-30-62 1/2   Probably for track at Raleigh Confederate Locomotive Shop
  63 NA, ENG 12-26-62 2 1/2 For Piedmont RR  
NA, ENG 1-16-63      
NA, ENG 1-28-63  
NA, ENGR 1-28A-63  
NA, ENG 5-19-63  
NA, ENG 5-25-63  
NA, ENG 5-25A-63  
NA, ENG 5-29-63  
NA, ENGR 5-29-63  
64 NA, VC 2-12-64 1 ?  
NA, VC 2-12A-64      
NA, RR 4-14-64  
NA, ENG 8-5A-64 27 West of Goshen, some for repairs to Virginia Central RR  
NA, ENG 8-13B-64      
NA, ENGR 9-2-64  
NA, ENGR 9-16-64  
NA, QM 10-10-64  
NA, QMR 11-24A-64  
Western North Carolina 63 NA, ENG 12-26-62 5 For Piedmont RR  
  NA, ENG 1-16-63
NA, SWR 1-28-63
NA, SWR 1-29-63
65 NA, RRB 2-16A-65 ?   Removal uncertain
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford 62 NA, QMR 11-7-62 ?   Probably not removed
  NA, DCF 12-2-62
NA, ENG 12-11-62
63 NA, SWT 3-7-63 10 For Navy at Wilmington or Wilmington & Manchester RR Removal unlikely
NA, ENGR 8-18-63      
64 NA, ENG 1-28A-64 10 For Wilmington & Manchester RR Probably not removed
NA, RRB 2-4-64      
NA, ENGR 2-9-64  
NA, ENG 2-13A-64  
NA, ENG 2-15C-64  
NA, W&M 2-24A-64  
NA, QMR 3-3E-64 Wilmington & Weldon RR wanted some of the iron
NA, SW 3-17-64  
NA, ENG 6-24A-64  
NA, ENG 6-24B-64  
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 570  
NA, ENGR 9-10A-64  
? From Alexandria Va. railroads 61 OR Series 1, Vol. 2, Page 776 ? For batteries  
? 62 NA, M&O 10-20-62 3/4 For Spanish River batteries  
? 62 NA, M&WP 2-28-62 2 For Montgomery & West Point RR, from Mobile Perhaps for war expansion in Montgomery
? 62 NA, RR 5-30-62 9 1/2 In Galveston Custom House Probably used for maintenance of Texas railroads
From North Carolina railroads 63 NA, ENG 9-2B-63 2 For Navy  
  B7, NC 12-4-63 ?    
B7, NC 12-11-63 ?  
? 63 RRBAT 12-19B-1863 ?    
? Probably in Alabama 63 NA, RR 6-22B-63 ?    
? 64 NA, M&WP 4-15-64 1/4 For Montgomery city connections  
Track in Augusta 64 NA, RRB 12-31D-64 ?   Probably for repairs to Georgia RR
Track in Montgomery 64 NA, RRB 12-31D-64 ?   Probably for repairs  to Montgomery & West Point RR
 

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