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 ⓘ