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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
ad followed another route, and on the 29th he appears suddenly before the town of Fairmont, situated on the right side of Tygart Valley River, near its junction with the Monongahela. A little lower down, below the junction, the railroad between Grafton and Wheeling, the only line which connects this section of country with the Northern States, crosses from the right to the left side of the Monongahela over a magnificent iron bridge three hundred yards long. It is this great work that Jones wie interior of the piles of the bridge, which are composed of enormous brass tubes, and their explosion causes the whole structure to crumble to pieces. After this Jones quickly falls back upon the mountains, while the Federal troops hasten from Grafton to protect the railroad; but too late. After this expedition we have only to mention a trifling engagement in the vicinity of Fayette Court-house on the borders of New River. After Jones' check in front of Point Pleasant the Federals had ascen