| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| July 6, 1863 |
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| Alabama & Florida {(of
Alabama)} Railroad Co |
| Montgomery, July 1, 1863 |
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| On and after Sunday, July 5th,
the Passenger Train on this Road, will be governed by the following
schedule: Leaves Montgomery at 8 A M, arrives at Mobile at 9:30 P M. |
| Returning |
| Leave Mobile at 7:30 P M,
arriving in Montgomery at 4 A M. This schedule connects closely at
Montgomery with the 6:15 A M Train M&WP {Montgomery
& West Point} RR, and at Mobile with the 10:30 P M Train on
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, which arrives at Meridian at 4:30 next
morning, and connects with the 7 A M Train on the Southern (of
Mississippi) Railroad for Jackson and all points on that
Road. |
| Result: passengers arriving on
the 5:15 a m Train on the M&WP Railroad, and taking the 8 a m
Train, will leave Meridian and reach Jackson 24 hours in advance of
the passengers who take the Selma route. |
| Passengers who arrive on the 7
p m Train, on the M&WP Railroad, can have a comfortable night's
sleep in Montgomery, and taking the 8 a m train, reach Meridian at
6:30 next morning and go West on 6 am train with |
| The Fredericksburg road can be
used from the Junction (with the Central road.) The train on this road
arrived this morning at 4 o'clock from Taylorsville (21 miles beyond
Richmond.) It brings the report the Yankees have crossed the road in
the direction of the canal (running from Lynchburg and Richmond.) |
| Before burning the bridge the
enemy tore up the track of the Central road for some distance near
Hanover C. H. After the bridge was destroyed they went in the
direction of the bridge over the stream on the Fredericksburg road,
but being informed by citizens that a large Confederate force was at
that point, they returned to Hanover C. H. ***** |
| Fourth Dispatch |
| We had but 80 men at South
Anna on the Central road. The Yankees, 1500 strong with two pieces of
cannon, made the attack at 2 o'clock and captured the larger portion
of the guard. Six were killed and fourteen wounded. The resistance was
desperate. The Yankees then burned the bridge. ***** |
| The destruction of the bridge
will not interrupt railroad communication with the Valley. |
| ***** |