| From the Richmond Sentinel |
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| September 7, 1863 |
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| Destruction of Rolling Stock |
| The loss of locomotives and rolling stock
at Grenada and along the Mississippi Central railroad, though very
severe, is not altogether irreparable. A day or two since we conversed
with a chief officer of the New Orleans and Jackson railroad {New
Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR} on the subject. He
said that twenty-five excellent locomotives were injured, but that
they could be hauled away, carried to a machine shop, repaired and
made to do good service again. The wheel, bolts, etc., of the
passenger and freight cars are uninjured -- some of them require but
slight repairs -- and most of them can be put to work again by the
appliances of skill and industry. Our informant was very much
disgusted with the whole affair, says that a party of fifteen hundred
Yankees from the Yazoo did all the damage, and cannot understand why a
force of thousands should be kept idle in the pine woods where there
is nothing to guard, while a point at which there were millions of
invaluable property should be left unprotected. Well, there is no use
grumbling about it. Let us save all we can, and agree "never to
do so any more," if we are let off this time. |
| Meridian Clarion |
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