Posted on 03/18/2025 7:23:45 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
[OFFICIAL.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, March 17, 1865 -- 3 P.M.
Maj.-Gen. SHERIDAN reports, on the 15th inst., from the bridge of the Richmond and Fredericks- burgh Railroad, across the South Anna River, that having destroyed the James River Canal as far to the east as Goochland, he marched up the Virginia Central Railroad at Tollsville, and destroyed it down to Beaver Dam station, totally destroying fifteen miles of the road.
Gen. CUSTER was then sent to Ashland, and Gen. BEVIN to the South Anna bridges, all of which have been destroyed.
Gen. SHERIDAN says the amount of property destroyed in his march is enormous. The enemy attempted to prevent his burning the Central Railroad bridge over the South Anna, but the Fifth United States Cavalry charged up to the bridge, and about thirty men dashed across on foot, driving off the enemy and capturing three pieces of artillery, twenty-pounder Parrots. C.A. DANA,
Assistant Secretary of War.
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US District Judge James Boasberg had issued an order to temporarily halt the destruction by General Sherman to public infrastructure and repair/return to immediate service any and all such infrastructure harmed.
Chief Justice John Roberts upheld the order.
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