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583 Series III Volume V- Serial 126 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports

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At the close of the year, June 30, 1865, the railroads in use, or that had been operated within the year in Virginia, were as follows:

Terminal stations.

Name of line. From - To - Length

Alexandria and Alexandria Washington Miles

Washington 7

Alexandria, Loudoun ...do... Vienna 15

and Hampshire

Orange and Alexandria ...do... Rappahannock 50

Manassas Gap Manassas Piedmont 34

Norfolk and Norfolk Suffolk 23

Petersburg

Seaboard and Roanoke Portsmouth ...do... 17

City Point and Army, Pitkin, & c. Humphreys, & c. 18

and branches

South Side City Point Burkeville 62

Richmond and Danville Manchester Danville 140

Richmond and Petersburg Manchester 22

Petersburg

Clover Hill Branch Clover Hill Coal Minces 18

Winchester and Harper's Ferry Stephenson's 28

Potomac

Total ... ... 434

The following table exhibits the number of persons employed upon the military railroads of Virginia each month during the year and the amount paid for their services:

Month. Number of men. Amount paid.

July 2,512 $ 143,297.59

August 2,103 136,753.76

September 2,369 148,703.46

October 2,479 167,042.97

November 3,412 173,646.68

December 3,241 173,839.84

January 3,152 178,670.50

February 3,327 187,811.78

March 3,926 204,576.62

April 4,542 251,353.88

May 3,674 214,549.50

June 1,983 127, 181.53

Total 36,720 2,107,428.11

Monthly average 3,060 175,619.00

II. - MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

The following table exhibits the lines in operation within this division on the 1st day of July, 1864:

Name of line. From - To - Length.

Nashville and Nashville Chattanooga Miles.

Chattanooga

151

Nashville, Decatur and ...do... Stevenson 200

Stevenson

Nashville and ...do... Tennessee 78

Northwestern River

Chattanooga and Chattanooga Knoxville 112

Knoxville

Chattanooga and Atlanta ...do... Big Shanty 107

Cleveland and Dalton Cleveland Dalton 27

Rome Branch Kingston Rome 17

Memphis and Charleston Memphis Grand 52

Junction

Louisville City River Louisville 2

Landing and

Nashville

Railroad

depot.

Total ... ... 746


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