Piedmont |
The road, long desired by many in
western North Carolina and the Richmond & Danville Railroad, was
built at the insistence of the Confederate government. The Richmond
& Danville bought almost all the stock issued, built and ran the
road.
The road was chartered and building started in late 1862. The road
was open for through traffic May 21, 1864.
The road was poorly built -- ties too far apart, grading minimal, and
ballasting, depots, platforms, water stations, firewood supplies, and
sidings were far below requirements. Rolling stock was mostly provided
by the Richmond & Danville and modified to the new road's North
Carolina gauge. The rail was taken up from at least 5 Virginia and North
Carolina railroads.
The road's worth was proven when the Petersburg Railroad was cut by
the Union Army in August 1864, leaving only the Piedmont - Richmond
& Danville line to bring in supplies from the states south of
Virginia. Considering how poorly this road was able to supply Virginia
after the Petersburg Railroad was cut, it is impossible to believe that
Lee could have been well-enough supplied to have been able to remain in
Virginia through 1865, even if Grant had not pressured him.
A significant amount of Piedmont Railroad information is found in the
documents of the Richmond & Danville Railroad.
See also
The
Construction of the Piedmont Railroad
|
Black's Number |
15 (map)
(map) |
Track |
48 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge of various types
and weights |
Locomotives |
None; 8 names |
Cars |
None |
Stations |
6 |
Officers |
All |
Blockage Running Plans |
1862 |
Construction Materials |
1/1/1864 |
Fodder Provided |
1863 & 1864 |
Tredegar Purchases |
All |
Annual Reports |
|
Significant Documents |
NP, WD 2-12-61 |
NP, RD 2-14-61 |
NP, CM 3-6A-61 |
AR, R&D 6-19-61 |
NP, REX
11-26-61 |
NP, WJ 11-26-61 |
NP, RSTD 11-27-61 |
NP, WJ
11-28-61 |
NCRR, NC
11-29-61 |
B36, P 12-4-61 |
NP, RD 12-4-61 |
NP, RD 12-6-61 |
NP, REX
12-6-61 |
B36, P 12-7-61 |
NP, RD 12-7-61 |
B36, P 12-8-61 |
NP, REX
12-10-61 |
NP, RSTD 12-11B-61 |
NP, RD 12-13-61 |
NP,
REX 12-13D-61 |
NP, RD 1-2-62 |
NP, GP 1-16-62 |
NA, WAR 1-20-62 |
NP, WJ 1-21-62 |
NP, RD 1-24-62 |
NP, FO 1-27-62 |
B36, P 2-8-62 |
B36, P 2-10-62 |
NA,
SWR 2-28-62 |
NP, RR 1-29A-62 |
NP, RD 1-30-62 |
NP, MAP 2-5-62 |
NP, RSJ 2-5-62 |
NP, RSJ 2-5A-62 |
NP, RS 2-5-62 |
NP, RD 2-5-62 |
NP, GP 2-6-62 |
NCRR, NC
2-7-62 |
NP, REX
2-7B-62 |
NCA, P 2-8-62 |
NP, RS 2-8-62 |
NP, RR 2-8-62 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 912 |
NA, LAW
2-10-62 |
NP, CW 2-10-62 |
NP, RD 2-10A-62 |
AR, R&D 2-12-62 |
NP, RD 2-13-62 |
NP, GP 2-13B-62 |
NP, RR 2-15A-62 |
NP, WJ 2-17-62 |
NP, RSTD 2-19B-62 |
NP, AN 2-20-62 |
NP, MT 2-21B-62 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 947 |
NA, ENG
2-24-62 |
NA, ENG 2-26-62 |
NA, ENG 3-3-62 |
NA, AIG
3-4-62 |
NP, RD 3-5-62 |
NP, WT 3-5-62 |
NP, RSJ 3-8-62 |
NA, P 3-11-62 |
NA, P 3-12-62 |
NA,
P 3-23-62 |
NP, GP 3-27-62 |
VAA, P
3-27-62 |
NA, P 3-28-62 |
NA, P 4-1-62 |
NA,
P 4-2-62 |
NA, P 4-3-62 |
NA,
P 4-10-62 |
NP, GP 4-10A-62 |
NP, GP 4-10B-62 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1055 |
NA, ENG 4-11-62 |
NA, ENG
4-17-62 |
NA,
P 4-22-62 |
NA,
P 4-23-62 |
NP, GP 4-24-62 |
NP, RSTD 4-30A-62 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 1107 |
NA, P 5-1-62 |
NA,
P 5-2-62 |
AR, R&D 5-5-62 |
NP, GP 5-8A-62 |
NP, RD
5-12B-62 |
NP, GP 5-18-62 |
NA,
P 5-31-62 |
NP, RR
5-31-62 |
NA,
RRB 6-2-62 |
NP, RD 6-9-62 |
NA, P 6-16-62 |
NP, RD 6-17A-62 |
NP, RD 6-19-62 |
NA, QMR
6-20-62 |
NP, WJ 6-21-62 |
NP, WJ 6-21A-62 |
NA, ENG 6-23-62 |
NA, P 6-23-62 |
NA,
LS 6-24-62 |
NP, NYT
6-26-62 |
NP, NYT
6-26A-62 |
NA,
P 6-30-62 |
NA,
P 6-30A-62 |
NA, P 7-14-62 |
NA, QMR
7-14-62 |
NA, QM
7-15-62 |
NP, RD
8-26-62 |
NP, RSTD 9-3B-62 |
D, P 9-6-62 |
NP, REX
9-16-62 |
NP, RD
9-22-62 |
NP, RD
9-22A-62 |
NP, RD
9-22C-62 |
NP, RSTD 9-24B-62 |
NP, RD
10-2-62 |
NA, ENG 10-4-62 |
NP, WJ 10-6-62 |
NP, RD
10-7B-62 |
NA,
P 10-8-62 |
NP,
RD 10-13E-62 |
NP, SC 10-14B-62 |
NP, GP 10-16-62 |
NA, ENG 10-22-62 |
NP, RD 10-22-62 |
NP, RSTD 10-22B-62 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 19, Part 2, Page 681 |
NA, QMR
11-5A-62 |
NP, GP 11-6-62 |
NP, RR 11-8B-62 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 176 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 779 |
NA, ENG 11-10-62 |
NP, RSTD 11-12-62 |
NA,
SWR 11-13-62 |
NA, ENG 11-17B-62 |
NA, P
11-19-62 |
NA, ENG
11-27A-62 |
NA, QMR
11-28-62 |
NA, ENG
12-4-62 |
NA, ENG 12-10-62 |
NA, ENG 12-10A-62 |
NP, RSTD 12-10-62 |
NA, ENG 12-11-62 |
NA, QMR
12-16D-62 |
NA, ENG
12-17-62 |
NP, RSTD 12-17C-62 |
NA, ENG 12-25-62 |
NA, ENG 12-26-62 |
NA, ENG 12-26A-62 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 813 |
NA, ENG 1-2-63 |
NA, ENGR
1-2-63 |
NA, QMR
1-3A-63 |
NA, QMR
1-5-63 |
NA, ENG 1-7-63 |
NA, ENGR
1-7-63 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 825 |
NA, ENG 1-8D-63 |
NP, RSTD 1-9-63 |
NP, RSTD 1-9A-63 |
NA, ENG
1-14A-63 |
NP, RSTD 1-14A-63 |
NA,
P 1-15-63 |
NP, GP 1-15-63 |
NA, ENG 1-16-63 |
NA, QMR
1-16B-63 |
NA,
R&D 1-16-63 |
NP, RD 1-16-63 |
NA, ENG 1-17A-63 |
NA, ENG 1-27A-63 |
NA, SWR
1-27A-63 |
NP, RD 2-4-63 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 385 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 394 |
B7, P 2-12-63 |
NA, ENG
2-14B-63 |
NA, QMR
2-17-63 |
NA, P 2-21-63 |
NA, ENG 3-2-63 |
NA, ENG 3-2A-63 |
NA, ENG 3-3-63 |
NA, ENG 3-3B-63 |
NA, ENG 3-10A-63 |
NA, ENG 3-10B-63 |
NA,
RR 3-3-63 |
NA, ENG
3-5-63 |
NA, QM
3-7B-63 |
NP, RD 3-14A-63 |
NP, RD 3-17-63 |
NA, ENG 3-25-63 |
NA, QMR
3-25A-63 |
NA, ENG 3-26A-63 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 690 |
NCA, RRB
4-1-63 |
NP, RD 4-1-63 |
NA, ENGR
4-4-63 |
NA, ENG
4-11C-63 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
NA, ENG
4-16-63 |
NA, ENG
4-23-63 |
NA, ENG
4-23A-63 |
NA, R&D
5-6-63 |
NA, ENG 5-9-63 |
NP, GP 5-14-63 |
NA, ENG 5-15-63 |
NA, ENGR
5-22A-63 |
NP, RD 5-22-63 |
NA,
P 5-29-63 |
NP, DB 6-1A-63 |
NP, RD 6-2-63 |
NA, P
6-8-63 |
NA, ENG 6-9-63 |
NP, WD
6-9-63 |
NP, RD 6-12-63 |
NA, P 6-13-63 |
LVA, RRB 6-16-63 |
LVA, RRB 6-17A-63 |
NA, QMR
6-23A-63 |
NA, P 6-27-63 |
VHS, P
6-27-63 |
NA,
P 6-29-63 |
NA, BR 6-30-63 |
B7, P 7-1-63 |
NA, ENG 7-4A-63 |
NA, ENG 7-7B-63 |
NA, QM 7-15-63 |
UNCC, RR 7-15-63 |
NA, QM
7-27-63 |
NA,
P 7-30-63 |
LVA, RRB 8-4-63 |
NA, ENG 8-4C-63 |
NA, ENG 8-5-63 |
NP, GP 8-6-63 |
NA, ENG 8-7-63 |
NA, RV 8-7-63 |
NA, ENG 8-8A-63 |
NA, ENG 8-12-63 |
NA, ENG
8-12B-63 |
NA, P 8-12-63 |
NA, ENG 8-14-63 |
NA, ENGR
8-14-63 |
NA, QMR
8-17C-63 |
NA, ENG 8-18B-63 |
NA, ENG 8-19-63 |
NA, ENG 8-20-63 |
NA, ENGR
8-20A-63 |
NA, ENG 8-25-63 |
NP, WD 8-25B-63 |
NA, ENGR
8-26B-63 |
NA, ENG 8-27-63 |
NA, ENGR
8-27B-63 |
NA, ENGR
8-27C-63 |
NA, ENG 8-29B-63 |
NA, ENG
9-1-63 |
NA, QMR
9-1A-63 |
NA, QMR
9-3-63 |
NA, ENG 9-8-63 |
NA, ENG 9-9-63 |
NA, ENG 9-9A-63 |
NA, ENGR
9-10-63 |
NA, ENG 9-11-63 |
NA, ENGR
9-11-63 |
NA, ENG
9-12-63 |
NA, ENG 9-16-63 |
NA, ENG 9-16A-63 |
NA, ENGR
9-16-63 |
NA, ENG 9-19-63 |
NA, ENGR
9-19-63 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 736 |
NA, ENG
9-21A-63 |
NA, ENGR
9-22-63 |
NP, FO 9-24-63 |
NA, QMR
9-25A-63 |
NA, ENG 9-29-63 |
NA, ENG
9-29A-63 |
NP, WD 9-29-63 |
NA, ENG 9-30A-63 |
NA, P 9-30-63 |
NA, ENG 10-2A-63 |
NA, ENG 10-2B-63 |
NA,
P 10-2-63 |
NA, ENGR
10-3-63 |
H, RRB 10-9-63 |
NA, QMR
10-10A-63 |
NA, ENG 10-12-63 |
NA, ENG 10-13-63 |
NA, QM 10-14-63 |
NA, QM
10-14B-63 |
NA, QMR
10-14-63 |
NP, GP 10-15-63 |
NA, ENG 10-16B-63 |
NP, RSTD 10-16-63 |
RRBAT 10-20-1863 |
NA, QMR
10-20A-63 |
NP, RS 10-24-63 |
NA, ENG 10-26A-63 |
NA, ENG
10-27C-63 |
NA, ENGR
10-27-63 |
NCA, RRB
11-1-63 |
NA,
P 11-2-63 |
NP, RSJ 11-4-63 |
NP, RSJ 11-4A-63 |
NA, ENGR
11-5-63 |
NP, GP 11-5-63 |
NP, MT 11-5C-63 |
RRBAT 11-13A-1863 |
NA, QMR
11-14-63 |
RRBAT 11-14A-1863 |
NP, WD 11-17-63 |
NA, ENG 11-20A-63 |
NP, GP 11-20-63 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 968 |
NP, RS 11-21-63 |
NA, ENG 11-24A-63 |
NA, ENG 11-24B-63 |
NP, RS 11-24-63 |
NA, DSCGF
11-25-63 |
NA, ENG 11-26-63 |
NA, ENG 11-26A-63 |
NA,
RR 11-26-63 |
NA,
P 11-30-63 |
NP, GP 12-3-63 |
NP, RS 12-3A-63 |
NA, ENG 12-9A-63 |
NA,
SWR 12-14-63 |
NP, YE 12-16-63 |
NP,
WJ 12-17-63 |
NA, QMR
12-18B-63 |
NA, SWR 12-18-63 |
NP, RS 12-19-63 |
NP, GP 12-24-63 |
NA,
P 12-31-63 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 808 |
NP, GP 1-7-64 |
NA, ENG 1-9A-64 |
NA, SWR 1-9-64 |
NA, QMR
1-18C-64 |
NA, SWR
1-18A-64 |
NA, QMR
1-19C-64 |
NA, ENG 1-20A-64 |
NP, RD 2-1A-64 |
NA,
RRB 2-11-64 |
NA, CS
2-15-64 |
NA, ENG 2-15-64 |
NA, ENG 2-15B-64 |
NA, QMR
2-15A-64 |
NA, ENGR
2-18-64 |
NA,
P 2-19-64 |
NA, ENG 2-22D-64 |
NA, ENG 2-22J-64 |
NA, ENG
2-23A-64 |
NA, ENG
2-24-64 |
NA, RRBT 2-25-64 |
NP, GP 3-3-64 |
NA, QMR
3-4-64 |
NA, ENG 3-5-64 |
NA, ENG 3-8-64 |
NA, ENGR
3-9-64 |
NP, RW
3-11-64 |
NA, ENG
3-14C-64 |
NA, ENGR
3-14A-64 |
NA,
RRB 3-14-64 |
NA,
RR 3-15-64 |
NA,
RR 3-15A-64 |
NA, ENG
3-17A-64 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 226 |
NA, ENG 3-18-64 |
NA, ENG 3-18A-64 |
NA, QMR
3-19-64 |
NA, QMR
3-23-64 |
NA, ENG 3-28D-64 |
NA,
MG 3-29-64 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 258 |
NA, ENG 3-31-64 |
NP, MAP 3-31-64 |
NP, MT 3-31-64 |
NA, ENG 4-2B-64 |
NA, ENG 4-5A-64 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 756 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1268 |
NA,
QM 4-9A-64 |
NA, ENG 4-13-64 |
NP, MT 4-13-64 |
NA, RR
4-14-64 |
NP, RCF 4-14-64 |
NP, WJ
4-14A-64 |
NP, SC 4-17-64 |
NP, CW 4-18-64 |
NP, RD 4-19A-64 |
NP, MT 4-20-64 |
NA, ENG 4-22-64 |
NA,
SWT 4-22-64 |
NA, ENG 4-23-64 |
NA, ENG 4-23A-64 |
NA, ENG 4-23B-64 |
NA,
SWR 4-23-64 |
VHS, P
4-25-64 |
NA, ENG 4-26-64 |
NA, ENG 4-26A-64 |
NA, ENG 4-26B-64 |
NA, ENG 4-26C-64 |
NA, ENG 4-26D-64 |
NP, MAP
4-26A-64 |
NA, ENG 4-27-64 |
NA, CS 5-1-64 |
NP, RD 5-2-64 |
NA,
SS 5-4-64 |
NA, QMR
5-5E-64 |
NA, ENG 5-7-64 |
NA, QM 5-7A-64 |
NA, QM 5-7B-64 |
OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 392 |
NP, CW 5-9-64 |
NP, RD 5-9-64 |
NA, QM 5-11-64 |
NA, QMR
5-12-64 |
NP, GP 5-12-64 |
NA, QM 5-18D-64 |
NA, QMR
5-18-64 |
NA, QM 5-19-64 |
NA,
QM 5-21A-64 |
NA, QM 5-21C-64 |
NP, AC 5-21-64 |
NP, RCS 5-23-64 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 959 |
NA, QM 5-25-64 |
NP, GP 5-26-64 |
NA, MG
5-31-64 |
NP, RD 6-1-64 |
NA, QMR
6-2C-64 |
NP, GP 6-2-64 |
NP, RD 6-2-64 |
NA,
P 6-3-64 |
NP, CT
6-4A-64 |
NP, RD 6-4A-64 |
NP,
RE 6-4-64 |
NP, AC 6-9A-64 |
NP,
RS 6-9-64 |
NP, TS 6-11-64 |
LVA, RRB
6-20-64 |
NA, QM 6-23-64 |
NA, ENG
6-23B-64 |
NA, ENG
6-25-64 |
NA, QMR
6-25-64 |
NA, QMR
7-1A-64 |
NA, RRB
7-5-64 |
NA, ENG
7-9A-64 |
NA, DSCGF
7-10A-64 |
NP, MT 7-11-64 |
NA, ENGR
7-16-64 |
NA, MG
7-18-64 |
B4, LEE 7-21-64 |
NA,
AT&O 7-26-64 |
NA, RV
7-28-64 |
NA,
P 7-30-64 |
NA,
MG 7-31A-64 |
NA,
P 8-12-64 |
NP, RD 8-15-64 |
NA, QMR
8-16C-64 |
NA, QMR
8-21-64 |
B3, LEE 8-22-64 |
NP, RD 8-26A-64 |
UNCC, RR 8-27-64 |
NA,
P 9-12-64 |
NP, GP 9-15-64 |
NA, QMR
9-23-64 |
NA, QMR
9-24-64 |
NA,
P 9-30-64 |
NA, P
9-30A-64 |
NA, P
9-30B-64 |
NA, P
9-30C-64 |
NA, QMR
9-30A-64 |
NA, QMR
10-4-64 |
NA,
P 10-6-64 |
NA, QM 10-27-64 |
NP, GP 10-27-64 |
NP, RW 10-31-64 |
NA, QM
11-1A-64 |
NA,
SWR 11-1-64 |
NP, LV 11-11-64 |
NA, QMR
11-14B-64 |
NA, QMR
11-15A-64 |
NA, QMR
11-23-64 |
NA,
SWR 11-26-64 |
NA,
SWR 11-28-64 |
NA, QMR
11-29-64 |
NA,
RR 11-29-64 |
NA, QMR
11-30A-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-1-64 |
NP, RCF 12-2-64 |
NA, ENGR
12-3-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-3-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-5-64 |
NA, QM 12-7-64 |
NA, QMR
12-7-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-7-64 |
NP, GP 12-8-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-15-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-15A-64 |
NP, RD 12-15-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-16-64 |
NP, RCF 12-20A-64 |
NP, RCF 12-22-64 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1026 |
NP, LV 12-25-64 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1311 |
NA,
SWR 12-28-64 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1334 |
NP, RS 12-29-64 |
NA, QMR
12-30A-64 |
NA,
SW 12-30-64 |
NA,
SWR 12-30-64 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 3, Page 1348 |
NA,
W&W 12-31-64 |
NP, RCF 12-31-64 |
NA,
RRB 1-2-65 |
NA, QM 1-3-65 |
NA, QM 1-3A-65 |
NA, QM 1-3B-65 |
NA, QM 1-3C-65 |
NA,
RRB 1-3-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 18 |
NA, QM 1-4-65 |
NA, QM 1-4A-65 |
NA, RRB
1-4-65 |
NA,
SWR 1-4-65 |
NA, QMR
1-5A-65 |
NA, QMR
1-5E-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1016 |
NA, QMR
1-6A-65 |
NA, QMR
1-6C-65 |
NP, RW
1-9-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1026 |
NA, QM 1-11-65 |
NA,
RRB 1-11-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1034 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1035 |
NA, AIG
1-12-65 |
NA,
QM 1-12B-65 |
NA, QMR
1-12-65 |
NA, QMR
1-13-65 |
NA,
RRB 1-13-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 1045 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 46, Part 2, Page 114 |
NA, QM 1-14-65 |
NP, RW
1-14-65 |
NP, AC 1-15-65 |
NP, CO 1-16A-65 |
NP, RW
1-16-65 |
NA, RRB
1-19-65 |
B4, LEE 1-20-65 |
NA, QMR
1-20-65 |
NA, RRB 1-20-65 |
NA,
SWR 1-20-65 |
NP, RCF 1-20-65 |
NA,
RRB 1-23-65 |
NA,
RRB 1-23G-65 |
NA, RRB
1-23K-65 |
NP, RCF
1-25-65 |
NP, CR 1-26B-65 |
NP, RD 1-27-65 |
NP, RW
1-27-65 |
NA, QMR
1-28A-65 |
NA, QMR
1-28B-65 |
NA, AIG
1-30A-65 |
NA,
RRB 1-30A-65 |
NA,
RRB 1-30B-65 |
NP, RD 1-30-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 2, Page 1166 |
NA, AIG
2-2-65 |
NP, AI
2-2-65 |
NP, RD 2-2A-65 |
NA,
RRB 2-3A-65 |
NA, QMR
2-6-65 |
NA,
RRB 2-7B-65 |
NCA, P 2-7-65 |
NP, RCF 2-7A-65 |
NP, AP
2-8-65 |
NP, LV 2-8-65 |
NA,
RRB 2-11B-65 |
NP, RD 2-11-65 |
NA, QMR
2-13-65 |
NA,
RRB 2-13A-65 |
NA,
RRB 2-14B-65 |
NP, RSTD 2-15-65 |
NP, RSTD 2-15B-65 |
NA, QMR
2-16A-65 |
NP, RD 2-21-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1239 |
NP, RCF 2-23-65 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1312 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1313 |
OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1320 |
NP, RW
3-7-65 |
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