| From the Richmond Sentinel |
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| June 19, 1863 |
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| The transportation over the Richmond and
Fredericksburg Railroad {Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac RR} during the maintenance of our
large army at the latter point was necessarily enormous. The
transportation of the soldiers to and fro, (including the wounded from
two great battles,) and there forwarding of food for man and for
beast, was a draft on the managers of the road that must have taxed
their industry and ingenuity to the utmost; for the demands upon them
were greatly in excess of anything they had ever had to respond to
before, and such, therefore, as they had, of course, not made adequate
preparation to meet. It is greatly to their credit that under these
circumstances, they have served the army and the people so well, and
without an accident that we remember to have heard of, certainly no
serious accident. Thousands upon thousands of soldiers have been
moved, and none of them mutilated. There have been no destructive
collisions, and no wrecks made of trains over high embankments. |
| Now that a breathing time has come to the
officers, and the opportunity afforded of overhauling and repairing
their hard-worked rolling stock, we think it a fit occasion to
congratulate them upon their very efficient services, and upon the
good fortune which crowned their judicious management. |
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