Below are listed the railroads east of the
Mississippi River, who were operating January 1, 1861, with their
mileage and rolling stock inventory at the start of the war.
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| For road length, the railroad home pages show total length
(including sidings); this table shows main line length. |
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| Florida roads are not included, since they contributed
nothing to the railroad network. The Alexandria, Loudoun &
Hampshire RR is also not included, since it never carried
freight for the Confederacy. |
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| "Connected" indicates whether the railroad is part of a
railroad network or is isolated -- it does not mean the rails
were connected. |
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| "Cars" has Pole, Hand, Repair, Crank and living cars
removed, when known. |
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| Road |
Connected |
Length |
Locomotives |
Cars |
| Alabama &
Florida (of Alabama) |
Y |
116 |
11 |
80 |
| Alabama &
Florida (of Florida) |
Y |
45 |
5 |
21 |
| Alabama &
Mississippi Rivers |
Y |
46 |
3 |
21 |
| Alabama &
Tennessee River |
Y |
130 |
6 |
117 |
| Alabama Coal Company |
Y |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Allen's Plantation |
N |
12 |
2 |
24 |
| Atlanta & West Point |
Y |
87 |
19 |
131 |
| Atlantic &
North Carolina |
Y |
95 |
6 |
55 |
| Augusta & Savannah |
Y |
53 |
5 |
66 |
| Blue Ridge |
Y |
36 |
3 |
34 |
| Brunswick & Florida |
Y |
31 |
2 |
7 |
| Cahaba,
Marion & Greensboro |
Y |
29 |
2 |
29 |
| Central (of Georgia) |
Y |
228 |
60 |
730 |
| Central Southern |
Y |
44 |
5 |
23 |
| Charleston &
Savannah |
Y |
104 |
12 |
107 |
| Charlotte &
South Carolina |
Y |
106 |
15 |
156 |
| Cheraw & Darlington |
Y |
40 |
4 |
40 |
| Clinton & Port
Hudson |
N |
27 |
1 |
7 |
| Clover Hill |
Y |
22 |
0 |
0 |
| East Tennessee &
Georgia |
Y |
140 |
22 |
159 |
| East Tennessee
& Virginia |
Y |
130 |
17 |
154 |
| Edgefield & Kentucky |
Y |
38 |
3 |
14 |
| Etowah |
Y |
9 |
1 |
0 |
| Georgia |
Y |
233 |
56 |
700 |
| Grand Gulf &
Port Gibson |
N |
8 |
1 |
10 |
| Greenville &
Columbia |
Y |
165 |
24 |
187 |
| Jefferson
& Lake Pontchartrain |
N |
6 |
? |
? |
| King's Mountain |
Y |
22 |
2 |
? |
| Knoxville & Kentucky |
Y |
7 |
1 |
? |
| Laurens |
Y |
32 |
3 |
? |
| Louisville &
Nashville (CS portion) |
Y |
130 |
5 |
73 |
| Macon & Brunswick |
Y |
39 |
2 |
7 |
| Macon & Western |
Y |
104 |
19 |
187 |
| Manassas Gap |
Y |
87 |
9 |
189 |
| McMinnville &
Manchester |
Y |
35 |
2 |
10 |
|
Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville |
Y |
82 |
4 |
? |
| Memphis & Charleston |
Y |
289 |
50 |
805 |
| Memphis & Ohio |
Y |
130 |
13 |
136 |
| Mexican Gulf |
N |
27 |
3 |
? |
|
Mississippi, Gainesville & Tuscaloosa |
Y |
22 |
0 |
0 |
| Mississippi &
Tennessee |
Y |
97 |
7 |
126 |
| Mississippi Central |
Y |
227 |
35 |
313 |
| Mobile & Girard |
Y |
52 |
4 |
58 |
| Mobile & Great
Northern |
Y |
50 |
1 |
? |
| Mobile & Ohio |
Y |
482 |
68 |
495 |
| Montgomery & Eufaula |
Y |
6 |
1 |
? |
| Muscogee |
Y |
50 |
8 |
100 |
| Nashville &
Chattanooga |
Y |
117 |
37 |
336 |
| Nashville &
Northwestern |
Y |
79 |
6 |
? |
| New
Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern |
Y |
210 |
45 |
550 |
| New Orleans &
Carrollton |
N |
6 |
8 |
45 |
| Norfolk & Petersburg |
Y |
87 |
6 |
96 |
| North Carolina |
Y |
223 |
23 |
272 |
| North
Western Railroad of Alabama |
Y |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Northeastern |
Y |
102 |
13 |
156 |
| Orange & Alexandria |
Y |
180 |
16 |
176 |
| Pensacola & Mobile |
Y |
6 |
1 |
? |
| Petersburg |
Y |
80 |
13 |
165 |
| Pontchartrain |
N |
6 |
5 |
? |
| Raleigh & Gaston |
Y |
97 |
13 |
133 |
|
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac |
Y |
75 |
11 |
200 |
| Richmond & Danville |
Y |
141 |
23 |
396 |
| Richmond &
Petersburg |
Y |
22 |
10 |
183 |
| Richmond & York
River |
Y |
38 |
4 |
48 |
| Roanoke Valley |
Y |
22 |
2 |
10 |
| Rogersville &
Jefferson |
Y |
16 |
2 |
? |
| Rome |
Y |
21 |
2 |
? |
| Savannah, Albany
& Gulf |
Y |
200 |
11 |
166 |
| Seaboard & Roanoke |
Y |
80 |
10 |
174 |
| South Carolina |
Y |
242 |
62 |
765 |
| South Side |
Y |
133 |
20 |
269 |
| South Western |
Y |
210 |
22 |
230 |
| Southern (of
Mississippi) |
Y |
140 |
20 |
100 |
| Spartanburg & Union |
Y |
68 |
5 |
? |
| Tennessee & Alabama |
Y |
49 |
5 |
87 |
| Tennessee &
Alabama Central |
Y |
29 |
3 |
? |
| Tennessee Coal
& Railroad |
Y |
20 |
2 |
36 |
| Tuskegee |
Y |
6 |
? |
? |
| Upson County |
Y |
17 |
1 |
1 |
| Virginia & Tennessee |
Y |
214 |
39 |
410 |
| Virginia Central |
Y |
195 |
28 |
247 |
| West Feliciana |
N |
27 |
5 |
? |
| Western |
N |
41 |
3 |
60 |
| Western & Atlantic |
Y |
138 |
46 |
726 |
| Western North
Carolina |
Y |
75 |
5 |
45 |
| Wills Valley |
Y |
20 |
2 |
3 |
|
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford |
Y |
148 |
7 |
107 |
| Wilmington &
Manchester |
Y |
171 |
24 |
206 |
| Wilmington & Weldon |
Y |
188 |
26 |
182 |
| Winchester & Alabama |
Y |
32 |
1 |
? |
|
Winchester & Potomac |
N |
31 |
5 |
45 |
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Totals |
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7,965 |
1,114 |
11,996+ |
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Y |
7,774 |
1,086 |
11,865+ |
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N |
191 |
28 |
134+ |
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| Number of railroads in table |
91 |
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| Number in railroad network |
81 |
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| Notes: 1. Many of the short lines were
the first miles of much longer roads that were just
starting construction when the war started.
2. Almost all the roads not in the network were short
lines from a resource (plantation area, forest,
coalfield) to a port or were city roads serving New
Orleans. |
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| Road length distribution |
Miles Length |
Number RRs |
Total Miles |
Average |
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0 - 75 |
49 |
1,429 |
29 |
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76 - 150 |
26 |
2,879 |
111 |
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151+ |
16 |
3,657 |
229 |
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| Subtracting out the
non-network railroads leaves a network of 7,774 miles at
the beginning of the war to support the main war effort
for the Confederacy. |
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