Confederate railroads were not ready for battle during the Civil War. Used mostly to transfer cotton to the ports on the east coast, they were built light, had wood-fired engines and ran on tracks made of timber. The Union would simply burn the tracks and leave the supply train in embers. For us, this old bridge was a constant reference point and a kick in the ass thinking, “Man! There should have been one there.”
The Flyfish Journal Volume Eight, Issue Two: Page 83
