| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| September 18, 1862 |
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| Yankee engines |
| There are now at the {Richmond
&} York River Railroad
depot two very fine Yankee railroad
engines, the Exeter and Spark, which with some slight repairs, can be
made available in a more creditable business than hauling supplies to
McClellan's played out "Army of the Potomac." When Gen.
Stuart's cavalry made its detour in rear of McClellan's army, he found
the above engines on the road above the White House, abandoned by
their possessors, and not injured. For fear they would carry them off,
his men disabled them. Afterwards, the Yankees burned off the wood
work and threw, the connecting rods in the river. Save these injuries,
the machines are as good as ever. |
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