| From the Houston Telegraph |
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| January 13, 1864 |
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| The following items from East
Tennessee, are from the Atlanta Register of Dec. 17th: |
| The East Tennessee & Virginia
Railroad is under the charge of Major Wallace. |
| The road is greatly damaged.
The bridges across the Holston and Watauga were both utterly destroyed.
In thirty days Wallace will have the railroad finished from Knoxville to
Bristol. |
| Young Charles B. Wallace will
superintend the reconstruction of the railroad from Dalton to Knoxville
{East Tennessee & Georgia RR}. Five hundred
men are detailed for this work. |