| From the Chattanooga Rebel |
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| March 27, 1865 |
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Raid on the Florida Railroad {Alabama
& Florida (of Alabama) RR}
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The passenger train that left here at 4 o'clock for
Pollard, returned this morning, having gone further than Granville,
where it was learned that a Yankee cavalry was on the road below.
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We understand that Mr. Winn the conductor (whose train
was captured) gives the following account:
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He left this city at 4 o'clock on Thursday evening;
arriving at Greenville, was informed that all was right, and proper on
down the road yesterday morning; when about Gravel Hill, twenty-five
miles from Greenville, the train was fired into by Yankee cavalry,
without ???, and several passengers killed; the engineer put on steam
and pushed ahead, hoping to get through, but after running for a few
miles ran into the engine of a freight train previously injured; the
passenger train was then captured, with some fifty soldiers, eight or
ten ladies, and a number of children aboard and the conductor escaped
but got shot in the shoulder.
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Force of the enemy's cavalry on this line is ???
estimated at from 1200 to 1500. The telegraph is working to Greenville
at this writing, rendering it pretty certain that the Yankees have not
yet advanced that far.
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Montgomery Advertiser, 25th
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