Orange and Alexandria Railroad

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The Orange and Alexandria Railroad was a key 19th-century Virginia rail line that played a significant strategic role during the American Civil War, particularly in campaigns around northern and central Virginia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century railroad
railroad company
associatedWithEvent Bristoe Campaign
First Battle of Bull Run
Overland Campaign logistics
Second Battle of Bull Run
carried agricultural products
military supplies
troops
charteredBy Commonwealth of Virginia
connectsTo Manassas Gap Railroad
Richmond and Danville Railroad
Virginia Central Railroad
country United States
damagedBy bridge burning
track destruction
endPoint Gordonsville, Virginia
frequentlyTargetedBy Confederate cavalry
Union cavalry
gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge
headquartersLocation Alexandria, Virginia
heritageDesignation portions listed on the National Register of Historic Places
inception 1848
length approximately 90 miles
locatedIn Central Virginia
Northern Virginia
Virginia
mergedInto Virginia Midland Railway
opened 1854
openedSection Alexandria to Orange
Orange to Gordonsville
operatedDuring American Civil War
playedRoleIn American Civil War
rebuiltBy United States Military Railroads
servedCity Alexandria, Virginia
Gordonsville, Virginia
Orange, Virginia
servedRegion Piedmont region of Virginia
startPoint Alexandria, Virginia
status defunct
strategicImportance supply line for Confederate Army
supply line for Union Army
successor Norfolk Southern Railway system
Southern Railway
usedFor freight transport
passenger transport
wasSiteOf battles and skirmishes
railroad raids

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Manassas Campaign relatedRailroad Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Fairfax Station, Virginia historicallyAssociatedWith Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia associatedWith Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Bristoe Campaign railroadInvolved Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Brandy Station railroad depot railwayLine Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Brandy Station railroad depot partOf Orange and Alexandria Railroad network
linked to: Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum railwayLineServedHistorically Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Fairfax Station railroad depot locatedOn Orange and Alexandria Railroad