| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| August 25, 1863 |
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| The Canton (Miss.) Citizen
says the destruction of railroad property at that place by the Yankees
involves a loss of not less than $2,000,000, the principal portion of
which will fall upon the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern
railroad. The property included the ??? at the junction, a large lot
of lumber -- in fact everything belonging to that company except the
office and ??ted cottages, was laid in ruins. The large and valuable
roundhouse and machine shop, and the fine depot building at the
Mississippi Central railroad, all of brick, was also destroyed, and
the tracks of both roads were torn up for a considerable distance. |
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