| From the Raleigh Standard |
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| July 24, 1863 |
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| Raid on Rocky Mount |
| A Yankee force of four hundred men from
Washington, made a raid on the Wilmington & Weldon R. R. at that
place on Monday last. They first reached Tarborough, where a part of
them, numbering one hundred and fifty, remained, burning warehouses,
Railroad property, &c., while the larger number proceeded to Rocky
Mount, where they committed more extensive depredations. The Railroad
bridge over the Tar, Battle's cotton factory, mill, barns and
storehouses, and 5,000 bales of cotton were burned by them. A Railroad
train, laden with 30,000 pounds of bacon and drawing two cars of
ordnance stores, was captured and destroyed. The track was
uninjured. Negroes, horses, mules, cattle, and a large amount of money
were stolen from the citizens in the vicinity. *** |
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