| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| May 14, 1864 |
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| The raid on the Danville Railroad -- depot Burned --
Resistance encountered |
| The raiding party of Yankee cavalry,
noticed in this paper yesterday as having crossed the Richmond &
Petersburg Railroad the night before en route for the {Richmond
&} Danville Railroad, struck the latter road at Coalfield
about 10 o'clock that night, tearing up the rails and pulling down the
telegraph wire. From there they went to Powhatan Station, where they
tore up the track and burnt the depot building and water tank. We
learn from a telegram from Mr. Jas L Morrow, the Superintendent of the
telegraph line on the road, who started on an engine
yesterday morning to repair the damage to the line, that they left
Powhatan for the Mattoax bridge, over the Appomattox river, 27½ miles
from Richmond, and that heavy firing was heard there yesterday
afternoon. There was a force of infantry and artillery stationed there
to protect the iron bridge over the river. |
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