hide Matching Documents

Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1865., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Campbellton, Ga. (Georgia, United States) or search for Campbellton, Ga. (Georgia, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
. The confusion among the citizens was, of course, intense. In a few moments the streets were cleared, and the troops engaged in a spirited fight at long range. Just as-soon as the last detachment crossed, the bridge was fired. In a few moments it was enveloped in flames, and fell with a crash that resembled the roar of artillery. A 32-pounder was posted in front of the bridge, so as to command a portion of Hay street, and all that portion of it which passes through what is called Campbellton. The street was in a few moments crowded with mounted men. The roar of the flames that were consuming the bridge, boats and old warehouses, the exultant cheers of the invaders, the screams of excited females, the hallooing of thoughtless boys, all broke upon the stillness of a lovely morning. The enemy rush in triumph towards the bridge, heedless of danger, when a solid shot from a 32-pounder strikes the head of their column and passes through it. Then, after a momentary pause, the colu