| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| November 16, 1861 |
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| The Burned Bridges |
| From a letter in the Southern
Confederacy, dated the 11th, at Ringgold, Georgia, we learn that
the two bridges burned on the Western & Atlantic railroad, across
the Chickamauga, are about eight miles from Chattanooga and about half
a mile apart. The East Tennessee & Georgia railroad crosses the
stream between them, and about one hundred and fifty yards below the
upper one. Col. John D. Gray, who built them, estimates the cost at
above $18,000. Major Rowland, the Superintendent, was at the place of
the disaster with a large force on the 10th, and will have good,
substantial trestle bridges made, and the trains running regularly in
about two weeks. He has a number of the very best railroad mechanics
in the country actively engaged, together with a large force of
laborers. Arrangements are made with the East Tennessee & Georgia
railroad to carry the freight, mail and passengers by the way of
Cleveland to Chattanooga, and in two or three days the passenger
trains will run regularly on the State road. |
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