Gen. Mitchell at Huntsville, Ala.
THE REBL R. R. LINE BROKEN.
The following despatch was received by the Secretary of War:
Headquarters Third Division,
Huntsville, Ala., April 10
After a forced march and incredible difficulty, leaving Fayettville yesterday, my advanced guards entered Huntsville this morning. The city was completely taken by surprise, no one considering the march practicable. We captured 200 prisoners, 15 locomotives, a large number of cars, telegraph apparatus and office and two Southern mails. We have at last succeeded in cutting the great artery of railway communication between the Southern States.
(Signed) O. M. Mitchell, Brigadier General
– Published in the Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Tuesday April 15, 1862 & also in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862, p. 4, top of 1st column
THE REBL R. R. LINE BROKEN.
The following despatch was received by the Secretary of War:
Headquarters Third Division,
Huntsville, Ala., April 10
After a forced march and incredible difficulty, leaving Fayettville yesterday, my advanced guards entered Huntsville this morning. The city was completely taken by surprise, no one considering the march practicable. We captured 200 prisoners, 15 locomotives, a large number of cars, telegraph apparatus and office and two Southern mails. We have at last succeeded in cutting the great artery of railway communication between the Southern States.
(Signed) O. M. Mitchell, Brigadier General
– Published in the Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Tuesday April 15, 1862 & also in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862, p. 4, top of 1st column
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