| From the Southern Watchman (Athens,
Ga.) |
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| November 27, 1861 |
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| The Bridges Burnt |
| The Atlantic Confederacy
has the following, dated Ringgold, Nov. 11th: |
| The two bridges burned at W.
& A. Railroad {Western & Atlantic RR},
across the Chickamauga are about eighty miles from Chattanooga, about
half a mile apart. The East Tennessee & Ga. Railroad crosses the
stream between them and about 150 yards below the upper one. Col. John
D. Grey, who built them, estimates their cost at about $18,000. |
| Major Rowland, our industrious
and energetic Superintendent, was at the place of the disaster with a
large force yesterday, and will have good, substantial trestle bridges
made, and the cars running regularly in about two weeks. He has a
number of the very best railroad mechanics in the country actively
engaged, together with a large force of laborers. |
| Arrangements are made with the
E. T. & Ga. Railroad to carry the freight, mail and passengers by
the way of Cleveland to Chattanooga, and in two or three days the
passenger trains will run regularly on the State Road, and baggage and
passengers will be transferred to and from the E. T. & Ga. Road at
the upper bridge, until the bridges are built. Passengers will be
required to walk about 200 yards over good road, and meet with very
little detention. |
| The energy and efficiency of
Maj. Rowland and his officers, and the E. T. & Ga. Railroad, will
defeat the tories and scoundrels who prowl through our land at night
to burn our property and murder people in their hellish designs. |
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