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Railway Ticket, 1860s

Title

Railway Ticket, 1860s

Description

Bryan Grimes was the last Confederate officer in the Army of Northern Virginia to be appointed to the rank of Major General by Robert E. Lee. A native of North Carolina, Grimes fought on several Confederate campaigns including the Peninsula, Overland, and Valley Campaign. General Bryan Grimes used this railway ticket on his travels through the Confederate South. He used this particular ticket in a journey beginning in High Point, traveling through Raleigh and Weldon, and ending in Tarborough. The Quartermaster Department of the Confederate States of America created such tickets for the express purpose of providing travel documentation for Confederate citizens traveling by way of rail.

Creator

Confederate States of America

Source

Rail Road Company, 1863-1865, Quartermaster's Department, Confederate States of America, The Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Date

186X-XX-XX

Contributor

Charles Pfeiffer

Type

Document

Coverage

Wake County, North Carolina
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Halifax County, North Carolina

Original Format

Government Document

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Citation

Confederate States of America , Railway Ticket, 1860s, Civil War Era NC, accessed March 19, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/897.