Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jirgin kasa na Petersburg ya ga aiki da lalacewa da yawa a ƙarshen Yaƙin Basasa na 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 hanyoyi a matsayin wani ɓangare na kokarin da za a yanke hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki zuwa Petersburg don Siege na Petersburg.
Yaƙi na biyu na tashar Ream. 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.