I think you meant "Historical"?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:15 AM, NW Mailing List <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<b>Following is from a hysterical plaque on US 460-</b></div>
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<div><b> CONCORD DEPOT</b></div>
<div><b>"The Southside Railroad provided service at Concord in 1854</b></div>
<div><b>when the track was completed from Petersburg to Lynchburg.</b></div>
<div><b>During the Civil War, these rail lines were important for troops and</b></div>
<div><b>supplies. On 11 June (no year stated), seven days before the </b></div>
<div><b>Battle of Lynchburg, Union army forces were dispatched from</b></div>
<div><b>Brig.General Willard Averell's Second Calvary Division to</b></div>
<div><b>destroy rail and telegraph lines in the region. On 14 June</b></div>
<div><b>(again, no year mentioned), the Federals burned Concord</b></div>
<div><b>Depot, a train, a portion of the track and other railroad</b></div>
<div><b>structures. They then marched toward Rustburg."</b></div>
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<div><b>And remember, in the 1860's, the main line Phoebe to</b></div>
<div><b>to Lynchburg through Concord (Six-Mile, etc.) was THE (one and</b></div>
<div><b>only) </b> <b>route.</b></div>
<div><b> Harry Bundy</b></div>
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