| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| January 28, 1861 |
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| Long freight train |
| The freight train on the
Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad which
went into Norfolk city on Friday afternoon, had 41 cars attached, 23
of which were through cars from Memphis, Tenn., having 30 bales of
cotton each, making an aggregate of two bales {the
total should be 690 bales}. |
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