List of railroads of the Confederate States of America
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] Southern companies, towns, cities as well as state governments were heavy investors in railroad companies, which were typically designed as feeder lines linking farming centers to port cities.[2]
Railroads and railroad companies[]
- Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Railroad
- Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad
- Alexandria and Cheneyville Railroad
- Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad
- Atlanta and West Point Railroad
- Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
- Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
- Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad
- Augusta and Savannah Railroad
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Blue Ridge Railroad
- Blue Ridge Railroad of South Carolina
- Brunswick and Albany Railroad
- Brunswick and Florida Railroad
- Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railroad
- Cahaba, Marion and Greensboro Railroad
- Central Railroad of Georgia
- Centreville Military Railroad
- Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad
- Charleston and Savannah Railroad
- Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
- Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad
- Clover Hill Railroad
- East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
- East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
- Florida Railroad
- Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad
- Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
- Georgia Railroad
- Greenville and Columbia Railroad
- King’s Mountain Railroad
- Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad
- Laurens Railroad
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad
- Macon and Brunswick Railroad
- Macon and Western Railroad
- Manassas Gap Railroad
- McMinnville and Manchester Railroad
- Memphis and Charleston Railroad
- Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
- Memphis and Ohio Railroad
- Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad
- Mississippi Central Railroad
- Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
- Mobile and Girard Railroad
- Mobile and Great Northern Railroad
- Mobile and Ohio Railroad
- Montgomery and West Point Railroad
- Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
- New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad
- New Orleans and Ohio Railroad
- New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad
- New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad
- Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
- North Carolina Railroad
- Northeastern Railroad
- Northwestern Virginia Railroad
- Orange and Alexandria Railroad
- Pensacola and Georgia Railroad
- Petersburg Railroad
- Pontchartrain Railroad
- Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
- Red River Railroad
- Richmond and Danville Railroad
- Richmond and York River Railroad
- Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
- Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad
- Rome Railroad
- San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad
- Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad
- Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
- Selma and Meridian Railroad
- Shelby Iron Company Railroad
- South Carolina Railroad
- Southside Railroad
- Southern Pacific Railroad
- Spartanburg and Union Railroad
- Tallahassee Railroad
- Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- Tuskegee Railroad
- Upson County Railroad
- Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad
- Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
- Virginia Central Railroad
- Washington County Railroad
- West Feliciana Railroad
- Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge
- Western Railroad of Alabama
- Western North Carolina Railroad
- Wills Valley Railroad
- Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
- Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
- Winchester and Potomac Railroad
Railroad tunnels[]
- Blue Ridge Tunnel
External links[]
Notes[]
References[]
- Black, Robert C., The Railroads of the Confederacy, University of North Carolina Press, 1952.
- Gabel, Christopher R., Rails To Oblivion: The Decline of Confederate Railroads in the Civil War. U.S. Army Command And General Staff College, CGSC Press Publications, 2002.
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