NP, AC 7/23/1863

From the Augusta Constitutionalist
 
July 23, 1863
 
Yankee Raid in North Carolina
Great Destruction of Property
Tar River Railroad Track Torn Up
Richmond, July 22
 
   The Petersburg Express gives an account of the Yankee raid in North Carolina. The gang numbered four to six hundred. They came from Washington, N. C.
   At Rocky Mount they burned the depot, with five thousand bales of cotton, and a large cotton factory owned by Wm. S. Battia.
   They also captured a train of cars on the Tarboro' Branch of the Washington road {the Wilmington & Weldon RR}. Two car loads of ammunition and 30,000 pounds of bacon were destroyed.
   The bridge over Tar river, a short distance from Rocky Mount, was destroyed, and the track torn up for a mile or two.

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