| From the Wilmington Journal |
| March 31, 1864 |
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| The rapid repair of the
railroads in Mississippi, destroyed by Sherman's forces
{mostly the Mobile & Ohio RR}, shows two
things: One is that it is easier talking about destroying
railroads than it is doing it, and further that our people in the
Southwest are not yet shorn of their spirit and energy. |
| A dispatch from Meridian,
Miss., published in the Richmond Enquirer of Saturday, furnishes
information to the effect that the road destroyed by Sherman's force had
been repaired in 25 working days, and it was expected that thirty-five
additional miles destroyed by General Smith, would be repaired in ten
days more. |
| This is certainly a surprising
statement in view of the immense harm which Sherman claimed to have
inflicted upon the roads, sufficient one would think to have prevented
their being put in working order again for six months to come. |
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