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  2. List of railroads of the Confederate States of America

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    This is a list of Confederate Railroads in operation or used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. See also Confederate railroads in the American Civil War. At the outset of the war, the Confederacy possessed the third largest set of railroads of any nation in the world, with about 9,000 miles of railroad track. [1]

  3. Confederate railroads in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    "The Civil War in East Tennessee as Reported By a Confederate Railroad Bridge Builder," Tennessee Historical Quarterly (1963) 22#3 pp. 238–258 in JSTOR; Ramsdell, Charles W. "The Confederate Government and the Railroads" The American Historical Review (1917) 22#4 in JSTOR; Riegel, R.E. "Federal Operation of Southern Railroads during the Civil ...

  4. Virginia and Tennessee Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was an historic 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [1] railroad in the Southern United States, much of which is incorporated into the modern Norfolk Southern Railway. It played a strategic role in supplying the Confederacy during the American Civil War .

  5. Southside Railroad (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The Southside Railroad from Petersburg west was a vital resource for the Confederacy as a supply line for Richmond and Petersburg during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Beyond the lines of battle until the war's last year, the principal damage it suffered was the financial weakness caused by Confederate compensation policies and currency.

  6. Chattanooga in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    As an important railroad hub, connecting major southern arsenals, Chattanooga was closely engaged in the Confederate war effort from the start, despite local resistance and even some guerrilla activity. [9] The city remained in Confederate hands until September 1863, after which it was occupied continuously by the Union.

  7. Memphis and Charleston Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the rail line still persisted during the Civil War because the owners of the railroad wanted to serve the Confederate Army. The plan was to allow the Confederates to use the railroad for free, however, it was not sustainable, and so the Confederate Army paid almost all the railroads in the south with Confederate bonds, which ...

  8. Richmond and Danville Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Known as the "first railroad war", the American Civil War devastated the South's railroads and economy. In 1862, the Richmond and York River Railroad — acquired after the war by the R&D — played a crucial role in George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. In 1862, the R&D employed 400 laborers, 50 train hands, 30 carpenters, and 20 blacksmiths.

  9. A mortar mounted on a railroad car used during the Civil War, 1865. Rail was strategic during the American Civil War, and the Union used its much larger system much more effectively. Practically all the mills and factories supplying rails and equipment were in the North, and the Union blockade kept the South from getting new equipment or spare ...