NP, CM 12/19/1864

From the Charleston Mercury
 
December 19, 1864
 
Atlanta as Left by the Enemy
Atlanta, Ga., December 7
 
To His Excellency, Joseph E. Brown, Governor of Georgia
 
   In obedience to orders of November 25, to inspect the State property in Atlanta, and the city itself, and protect the same, I have the honor to make the following report. ***  The property of the State was destroyed by fire, yet a vast deal of valuable material remains in the ruins. Three-fourths of the bricks are good, and will be suitable for rebuilding if placed under shelter before freezing weather. There is a quantity of brass in the journals of the burned cars; and in the ruins of the various machinery of the extensive railroad shops' also, a valuable amount of copper from the guttering of the State depot, the fine pipes of destroyed engines, stop clocks of machinery, &c., &c. The car wheels that were uninjured by fire were rendered useless by breaking the flanges. In short, every species of machinery that was not destroyed by fire, was most ingeniously broken and made worthless in its original form -- the large steam boilers, the switches, the frogs, &c. Nothing escaped. *** The car shed, the depots, machine shops, foundries, rolling mills, merchant mills, arsenals, laboratory, armory, etc., were all burned. *****
I have the honor to be, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
W. P. Howard

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