Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1863., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Washington County, Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) or search for Washington County, Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], Burning of bridges by the enemy in East Tennessee. (search)
continued in the direction of Jonesborough, but it is stated by our scouts, who came into Bristol Tuesday night, that they were retreating over nearly the same routs they had advanced. The distance from the point at which they entered the State line to Jonesborough is between 90 and 100 miles, and the trail is certainly a most daring one, and argues an audacity in the enemy which they were not supposed to possess. They are reported to have been piloted by a militia Colonel of Washington county, Tenn., by the name of Ward, who left his home on Friday, and met them at the mountains. The damage to the railroad is serious as, besides burning the brides named, the track is torn up in many places and the sills and iron burnt. The distance between the Watauga and Holston rivers is nine miles, and the burning of the bridges across those streams involves a loss of that distance in our railroad communications. It will take several weeks to repair the damages, and they come at a tim