| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| July 22, 1863 |
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| One of the Government
engineers and railroad superintendents informs the Montgomery Mail
that the loss of rolling stock on the Mississippi railroads is not so
great as stated. He states that as yet the Yankees have only captured
"the locomotives of the New Orleans and Jackson, and a portion
belonging to the Mississippi Central road, comprising in all about
eighteen engines; that the balance of the engines and cars were
brought away, and are being distributed wherever they are most
required in all portions of the country." This distribution can
only be beneficial as stated by us yesterday. The stock not already
captured was run up the road, and cannot be saved, unless Grant is
driven back from Jackson. It is all within his lines, and can only be
controlled by us to its destruction, to prevent it falling into his
hands. We would ask all the "general superintendents," why
was not a temporary bridge built over Pearl river, and all the stock
saved? Even "eighteen engines" were worth the effort. |
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