| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| April 19, 1862 |
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| The Railroad Accident |
| Newnan, Ga., April 16, 1862 |
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| To the Editors of Southern Confederacy |
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| A very destructive smash up
occurred last night {Atlanta & West Point
RR}, about 9 o'clock, four miles south of Newnan, with the
foremost train carrying soldiers by this route towards Corinth, Miss.
The train was a long one, having twenty-six box cars and about a
regiment of soldiers. Nine of the front boxes were completely wrecked
and thrown off the track. Only one man was killed -- Private G. A. N.
Greene, of Lincoln county, Tenn. Some twenty five, perhaps, are
wounded, but none are considered dangerous. The wounded are left in
Newnan -- distributed at private houses. The trains were detained here
until nine o'clock this morning. Six horses were killed by the
accident. |
| Yours, respectfully, |
| John E. Robinson |
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