| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| September 29, 1864 |
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| They entered Staunton as we have before
stated, at five o'clock on Monday evening, in force variously
estimated at from five hundred to five thousand men. We heard nothing
further from them until yesterday morning, when, between eight and
nine o'clock, a body of cavalry advanced upon Waynesboro', on the {Virginia} Central railroad,
twelve miles this side of Staunton. Here they destroyed a splendid iron bridge, the best on the road,
two hundred and thirty feet in length, and built in the most
substantial manner. They also burnt the depot, engine-houses,
woodsheds, and in fact, (according to the best information at hand,)
destroyed all the railroad at the
station. Waynesboro' is at the western foot of the Blue Ridge, on the
South river. We have no account of the enemy's subsequent operations, although it
is reported that a party of cavalry had gone in the direction of Lexington. Between Waynesboro' and Staunton, with the exception of the iron
structure just mentioned, the only railroad bridges
are of wood and trestle-work, averaging, perhaps, twenty feet in
length. These have probably been destroyed. A report reached us last
night that the Yankees were advancing towards the
Blue Ridge
tunnel, but this lacks confirmation. |
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