AUGUST 24, 1864:
The
Federal Army moves along the line of the Weldon Railroad tearing up track,
fueling huge bonfires with the ties, and deforming rails in the heat of the
flames. This is a nightmare for Robert E. Lee. The Weldon is the most direct
supply line between Petersburg and Richmond, and the destruction of the
railroad bodes very ill for the increasingly isolated Confederate capital.
While this destruction is carried out, Union forces are busily raiding Lee’s
other supply lines. Petersburg and Richmond are intermittently rendered
incommunicado.
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