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and have built a great many verry strong fortifications and had mounted a great many verry heavy cannon but as our forces drew near they evacuated the place but not until they had burned all the principle buisness houses and the R. R. Depot Warehouse a machine Shop and engine house destroying besides a large amount of Camp equippage Arms & provisions. 8 Locomotives and a large number of Passenger and freight Cars and all the machinery belonging to the machine shop. The R. R. & Turnpike bridges across Barren River ware both
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and have built a great many verry strong fortifications and had mounted a great many verry heavy cannon but as our forces drew near they evacuated the place but not until they had burned all the principle buisness houses and the R. R. Depot Warehouse a machine Shop and engine house destroying besides a large amount of Camp equippage Arms & provisions. 8 Locomotives and a large number of Passenger and freight Cars and all the machinery belonging to the machine shop. The R. R. & Turnpike bridges across Barren River ware both
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