| From the Columbus (Ga.) Times |
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| December 20, 1864 |
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| [Correspondence Atlanta Intelligencer] |
| Marietta, Ga., Dec. 5, 1864 |
| Dear Sir: |
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| The Western & Atlantic
railroad is torn up from the Southeast bank of the Etowah river to
Atlanta, and from Resaca to Dalton. This leaves about forty miles of the
road uninjured. The bridge across Etowah river is not burned. Why it was
left standing, I am not able to say, unless it was from the fact that
the timber from which it was made was too green to burn well, and they
were too scared to wait on it. I was informed by the citizens near the
river, that when they left their artillery and wagons were in a gallop;
they thought that Gen. Hood was close after them. |
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| Penn. |
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