| From the Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer |
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| July 14, 1862 |
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| Yankee Confessions |
| The editor of the Philadelphia Press will
probably be sent to Fort Warren for publishing such evidence as the
following from Fortress Monroe, of the terror inspired in McClellan's
command by the whipping he received: |
| "Four trains of car, loaded with forage,
were ordered to Dispatch on Saturday, but meeting the enemy's pickets on
the road, the trains were backed down near the White House, the cars
were burned, and the four locomotives were blown up. This was a great
loss, but it was enhanced by the destruction of stores, &c., at the
White House -- everything there being in flames. Elegant ambulances and
loaded baggage wagons were rolled down to the river bank, and, there
being no time to burn them, they were cast into the river." |
| This is only a specimen. There is a good
deal more of the same sort. ***** |
| {Both Dispatch and White House
were stations on the Richmond & York River RR. All 4 locomotives were
salvaged, repaired and used by the Confederacy.} |
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