Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jirgin kasa na Petersburg ya ga aiki da lalacewa da yawa a ƙarshen yakin basasar Amurka. A lokacin yakin basasa, Petersburg Railroad ya kawo abinci da kayan aiki ga Janar (CSA) Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia Petersburg Railroad ya kawo kayayyaki zuwa kudu kuma wani lokacin yana dauke da fursunonin yakin Amurka. Jirgin kasa ya nemi kayan aiki daga Tredegar Iron Works a lokacin yakin. Laftanar Janar Ulysses S. Grant ya yanke wadannan hanyoyin a matsayin wani bangare na kokarin yanke hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki zuwa Petersburg don kewaye Petersburg. An lalata hanyoyin a yakin Globe Tavern, yakin Urushalima Plank Road da yakin na biyu na Ream's Station
Ka yi haƙuri. Tun da Petersburg Railroad ita ce hanya zuwa Weldon, North Carolina na farko da biyu ana kiran su a wasu lokuta a matsayin Battles for the Weldon Railroad.