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The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Artillery review. (search)
en Richmond and the South. It is a most important link in the chain of travel, and if broken it would take several months before the chain could be restored. All along the road from Richmond to Lynchburg, and from Lynchburg to Nashville, the hills are covered with encampments. In fact the whole country is one continuous camp of armed men. --The contrast between the South and North in that respect is most remarkable. The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The line from Lynchburg to Knoxville rakes the traveler through a most beautiful, fertile, and path rescues region of country. The hold Peaks of Otter loom into view soon after you leave Lynchburg, and keep in sight many hours. Riding through this country, and seeing the neat-kept farm houses and orchards, and general evidences of thrift and prosperity that meet the eye on all sides, you soon forget that you are in a slave State, and might rather fancy yourself riding through the rich agricultural regions of Ohio or Pennsy