| From the Raleigh Standard |
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| September 7, 1864 |
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| The late Fight at Reams' Station |
| A correspondent of the Express,
writing from Malone's crossing on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad
{Petersburg RR}, under date of Aug. 26th,
says: |
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| Destruction of the Railroad |
| A walk to-day, from the 14 Mile Crossing
to Reams, a distance of four miles, showed truly a sad scene. On both
sides of the track the enemy have swept fences and crops, leaving
scarcely a vestige remaining. The crops, consisting chiefly of corn and
sorghum, have been fed to men and horses, and the fences piled upon the
railroad sills to assist in the burning. |
| The road is quite effectually destroyed as
far as Mrs. Fannie Hatton's place, a distance of about 2 3/4 miles south
of Reams' Station. Above the station, I did not extend my walk, and
therefore cannot speak from observation, but from all I can learn, the
same destruction has taken place at least to the Yellow Tavern, making
all about nine miles of the track destroyed. In some places I observed
that the sills had not been destroyed, but for the greater portion of
the distance, sills have been burnt, and the iron heated. |
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