| From the Lynchburg Virginian |
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| December 25, 1864 |
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| Report of the Female Treasury Clerks from
Columbia |
| It has been stated that the
ladies belonging to the Note Signing Bureau lost their furniture in
their retirement from Columbia. We learn from such of them as have
reached their homes in Richmond they retreated in good order and fine
spirits, bringing off in safety all their baggage, supplies and
trains. The only loss they sustained was of their hoop skirts, some of
which had to be thrown overboard owing to the crowded condition of the
cars. They left Columbia yesterday week in two special trains {on
the Charlotte & South Carolina RR}, for Charlotte, and
would have had a good time but for a detention of ten or fifteen
hours, caused by the running off the track of a train which set out
ahead of them. On reaching Charlotte they were hospitably met by the
citizens, who took them to their homes and showed them every attention.
It had been intended that they should remain in Charlotte and resume
their work, but a change of plan was made necessary by the change in
the military situation, and they resumed their journey northward by
easy stages {first on the North Carolina RR,
later on the Piedmont RR}-- those who lived here coming direct
to this city. At Greensboro', on their route, though they arrived
there in the middle of the night, they were met by the citizens, who
repeated the hospitalities that had been extended to them at
Charlotte. |
| C. Dispatch {Charlotte
Dispatch} |
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