NP, RSTD 10/29/1862

From the Raleigh Standard
 
October 29, 1862
 
   The passenger train from Richmond to Staunton {the Virginia Central RR} on the 16th inst., ran off the track near Charlottesville, precipitating several cars over a precipice, killing 7 and wounding 50 soldiers. Among the wounded were two North Carolina soldiers, D. C. McMasters, Company I, 22d Reg. N. C. V., injured in both hips, and W. A. Loudermilk, Company C, 2d N. C. V., both thighs broken.

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