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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