| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| October 31, 1862 |
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| From our army in Northern Virginia |
| ***** Ending their so colours in the lower
Valley, our forces have actually destroyed the Baltimore & Ohio,
and the Winchester & Potomac
Railroads. The Edstaters road was torn up from the neighborhood of Mr.
John's in Morgan county to within {sight?} of
Harper's Ferry — in all, a distance of some forty miles. All the
depots on the road were torn down or burned, and the fine hotel,
belonging to the company, at Martinsburg, was committed to the flames.
The crost and stills {cross ties and sills?} of the road were taken up and fired, and the
heavy iron laid on and bent by the heat, so as to render then it {unfit?}
for use. The
Winchester
road was destroyed entirely from Winchester
to Halltown, some twenty-five miles. The lowered end of this road was
destroyed within hearing of the enemy's on Beliv without the slightest
resistance being offered. It will require some time to repair these
roads so as to make them of any service; and if the Yankee should
invade the Valley again this winter, they will have to furnish other
means of transportation. |
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