| From the Cecil Whig (Elkton, Md.) |
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| June 29, 1861 |
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| The Confederate Army at Martinsburg |
| We learn from the Agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg, that on Sunday the work of
vandalism on the part of the Confederate army, in the wanton destruction
of the property of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and of the State of
Maryland, was resumed on Sunday. All the cars and locomotives that they
could not carry away from Harper's Ferry were destroyed, and now we have
tidings of the destruction of the locomotives and cars at Martinsburg. |
| Our informant states that the
work of destruction was accomplished in the most effectual manner by
piling immense quantities of cord wood over and around the locomotives
and firing it. A number of gondola cars and coal hoppers were also
similarly destroyed. The entire value of the property thus given to the
flames cannot be less than $400,000. |
| The Hotel, occupied by B. H.
Carpenter, Esq., opposite the shops of the company, was with great
difficulty saved, the intense heat several times setting fire to it. The
shops were not fired, though they would have caught from the intense
heat had it not been for the efforts of some of the employees of the
company, who were present and extinguished the flames. Our informant,
with the Master Mechanic, Mr. Edwards, was arrested and taken before
General Johnson, who is in charge of the Confederate troops at this
point, charged with endeavoring to put out the fire over the
locomotives. They proved, however, that they were merely preventing the
flames from extending to the shops, and were dismissed. |
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