| From the Wilmington Journal |
| November 12, 1861 |
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| Names of Bridges destroyed in East
Tennessee |
| Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 11th, 1861 |
| Five Railroad Bridges were
burned in East Tennessee on Friday night last by Union men, as
follows: |
| Two on the Georgia State Road {the
Western & Atlantic RR} at Chicamauga Creek, Hamilton
County, heretofore reported as one. |
| One on the East Tennessee
& Georgia Road, over Hiawassee river, Bradley county. Five minutes
after the guard passed through, this whole bridge was in flames,
showing that combustibles were used to fire it. |
| Two on the {East}
Tennessee & Virginia Road, at Lick Creek, in Greene county,
and at Holston river, Sullivan county. The latter was referred to in
the dispatch from Lynchburg, Va. The guard at Lick Creek were unarmed,
and they were overwhelmed, tied, and carried away, and kept until
during the day on Saturday. Three men have been arrested, whom the
guard identified. |
| Holston River bridge was not
guarded, Sullivan county being strongly Southern in sentiment. |
| The bridge over Holston river,
at Strawberry Plains, Jefferson county, was fired, but was put out by
the people. The guard had one hand cut off, and his skull fractured,
and the indications are that he was killed by the incendiary. |
| A gentleman just arrived from
East Tennessee reports that there is great excitement in consequence
of this pre concerted plan to destroy the bridges. The loss is heavy,
and it will cause much inconvenience and delay. |
| Matters in East Tennessee are
regarded as being in a critical condition. Much anxiety is felt there
for General Zollicoffer. |
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| Augusta, Ga., Nov. 12th, 1861 |
| The Savannah Republican of
this morning says that it has been informed, by a gentleman from the
interior, that the Bridges over Chicamauga Creek were burned by
discharged hands and not by Unionists. |
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