| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| August 11, 1863 |
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| The Acquia Creek Railroad |
| The action of the War Department
respecting the Acquia Creek railway is a fine commentary on the
management of that branch of the government. Those in authority were
informed repeatedly, and in ample time, of the immense importance of
this road to the enemy, its intrinsic value to us, in the hundreds of
tons of the finest heavy railway iron, which could have been readily
removed, and securely transported to Richmond, yet such has been the
inattention of officials, and miserable mismanagement of the affair,
that the work was not commenced until the time when it should have been
completed, and then a force not one tenth as strong as should have been
employed, were only engaged. The result is, that not more than a mile of
the road has been secured, and operations now are necessarily suspended,
by reason of the presence of the enemy. |
| Fredericksburg Correspondence Richmond Examiner |
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