| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| September 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 destroyed included the shed at the junction a large lot of
lumber -- in fact everything belonging to that company except the office
and tenanted cottages, was laid in ruins. The large and valuable
roundhouse and machine shop, and the fine depot building of the
Mississippi Central railroad, all of brick, were also destroyed, and the
tracks of both roads were torn up for a considerable distance. |
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