| From the Augusta Constitutionalist |
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| July 23, 1863 |
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| Yankee Raid in North Carolina |
| Great Destruction of Property |
| Tar River Railroad Track Torn Up |
| Richmond, July 22 |
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| The Petersburg Express gives
an account of the Yankee raid in North Carolina. The gang numbered
four to six hundred. They came from Washington, N. C. |
| At Rocky Mount they burned the
depot, with five thousand bales of cotton, and a large cotton factory
owned by Wm. S. Battia. |
| They also captured a train of
cars on the Tarboro' Branch of the Washington road
{the Wilmington & Weldon RR}.
Two car loads of ammunition and 30,000 pounds of bacon were destroyed. |
| The bridge over Tar river, a
short distance from Rocky Mount, was destroyed, and the track torn up
for a mile or two. |