NP, RSTD 7/24/1863

From the Raleigh Standard
  
July 24, 1863
 
Raid on Rocky Mount
   A Yankee force of four hundred men from Washington, made a raid on the Wilmington & Weldon R. R. at that place on Monday last. They first reached Tarborough, where a part of them, numbering one hundred and fifty, remained, burning warehouses, Railroad property, &c., while the larger number proceeded to Rocky Mount, where they committed more extensive depredations. The Railroad bridge over the Tar, Battle's cotton factory, mill, barns and storehouses, and 5,000 bales of cotton were burned by them. A Railroad train, laden with 30,000 pounds of bacon and drawing two cars of ordnance stores, was captured and destroyed.  The track was uninjured. Negroes, horses, mules, cattle, and a large amount of money were stolen from the citizens in the vicinity. ***

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