Show I 1 Destray lC a Ball road in wi war tito in campaigning with grant gram 1 ii the february century gen horacd porter tells how the oie union army anny dl strayed the virginia central near the north anna he says I 1 went with a 11 portion of russells division digwo of f corps which began the work of deft destruction ruction at a point on the railroad about eight hundred yards yarda from the extreme left A brigade was extended along one side elde of the I 1 road in single rank and at a given ag rii 11 nal the men took hold of the ralla rails W u I 1 ed up ap the road and turned it down then men breaking the rails raila low they used them as levers tin in p pryl oy the cross ties which they piled up op a different points laid the ralle aaros them and set fire to the ties As AB abon as the rails became sufficiently hot ur bent in the middle e by their 0 weight efforts were then made to t awl them so 00 as to render them still M mora unserviceable several miles of ju way were thus thua destroyed |