| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| February 2, 1863 |
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| The Destruction at Holly Springs |
| Holly Springs, January 212, 1863 |
| Editors Appeal, |
| ***** Up to the morning of the
20th of December, on which Gen. Van Dorn made his brilliant and
successful dash upon them, they had accumulated an immense amount of
ordinance and commissary stores, which were deposited in all the
buildings at the {Mississippi Central} railroad
depot, consisting of a large and elegant railroad hotel, a roundhouse
of great capacity, with turning table in the center, a commodious
depot house, extensive blacksmith and workshop, a building for the
manufacture of cars and machinery, ***** |
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