The Daily Dispatch: September 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Serious accident on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.

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Serious accident on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.

Lynchburg, Sept. 2.

--Last night, as two trains forced with troops were coming east on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, from Bristol five cars of the loading train broke loose on the steep grads, about half a mile west of Abingdon, and ran back and were run into by the train with was following; and one soldier was killed and ten or twelve injured--two seriously. The train left Briston half an hour apart with orders not to run faster than twelve miles per hour. The trains were loaded with the Second Regiment, belonging to the Polish Brigade from Louisiana.

This regiments commanded by Lieut. Col. T. McGinuis. We did not learn to watch company that jared B.

The Daily Dispatch: September 4, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 4, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Serious accident on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.