| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| May 29, 1861 |
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| The Accident on the Orange & Alexandria
Railroad |
| The Richmond Examiner,
in the course of some editorial remarks upon this fatal casualty, says: |
| The train that conveyed the
glorious regiments of South Carolina to Manassas Junction came into
collision with some carriages full of passengers, and mortal injury
befell at least one of our noble allies and friends. It appears that one
of the trains had lost its whistle and was unable to give the proper
signals; while the other started from its position at the Station some
two or three minutes before the time. Hence the collision; but we are
happy to state, on authority, that the first reports exaggerated the
mischief done. It was, however, lamentably great, without exaggeration.
One South Carolinian was killed on the spot. A negro servant of a South
Carolinian officer was also killed. A lieutenant of the Virginia troops,
from Greene county, whose name has been reported to us a Mulligan, was
so much injured that he died in a few hours. Three other soldiers were
badly hurt -- two of them lost limbs -- and these, we are assured,
complete the sad list. The whole number of sufferers was six. |
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