| From the Wilmington Journal |
| June 30, 1864 |
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| From Richmond and Petersburg |
| We are endebted to the
courtesy of a gentleman who arrived here Tuesday morning, for copies of
Richmond and Petersburg papers as late as Saturday. He himself left
Petersburg about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon
{on the Petersburg RR}, came out, with
others, on an engine, as far as the Yellow House, some six or seven
miles from Petersburg, was told there that the enemy, which had been
driven off the road, had returned to it at Reams'. The party then left
the road, taking through the woods with the view of flanking the Yankees
at Reams', which they did, striking the road again about Stoney Creek.
From Stoney Creek they made their way towards Weldon on a hand car. Upon
the whole, it was a pretty toilsome trip, but successfully worked
through. |
| He says that he amount of
damage to the Petersburg and Weldon Road {The
Petersburg RR} is not great, not probably exceeding five hundred
yards of track, all told. |
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