The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-29
Points and Distances.

distances about to be made historic by
the great armies of the East and South
west may be useful TO those unacquainted
with them:
In the Southwest, Chattanooga. Cleye-
land and Dalton, are connected by rail
forming triangle the two sides 27 miles,
the end from Chattanooga to Dalton 8S
miles Chattanooga and Atlanta are
connected by the western and Atlantic
railway, or, as generally called, the Geor-
gia State Road, 13S miles, the road run.
ming in the maiu S. Il. N. w. Chicka.
mauga is 10 miles south of Chattane neoga, :
aud % from Dalton. Ringgold, on this
road, is % from Chattanooga and Is from
Dalton. Tunnel Hill is 7 miles N. W.
from Dalton. Reseca l6 to Is miles from
Dalton towards Atlanta. Calhoun 4 to
miles from Reseca-tben the Obs.
tenaula river. Adarirsville is 10 miles
from Kingston and 9 from Calhoun
Allat9oaa is 40 miles from -Atlanla----,r-
is the village from which branch rail.
road makes off to Rome, IS miles. Rome
is in the Cherokee Nation, Georgia, in
Floyed county, which borders on Ala
bama, and in the fork of the Etowah (or
High Tower) and Obstenaula, at the
head of steam navigation of the Coosa.
From Dalton to Atlanta is 100 miles.
Etowah Station IS fifty odd miles FROM
Dalton, and forty odd from Atlanta, thus
making the Etowah and the Obstenaula
by rail about 40 miles apart
Between Kingston and Etowah, are
Cass Station and Gainesville, FIVE miles
apart, the former seven from Kingston,
and the latter three to FIVE from Etowah.
From Kingston to Etowah is about fifteen
miles. Marietta is twenty miles from
Atlanta Big Shanty seven. north of
Marietta. Atlanta, seven miles from the
Chattahoochce. There is no stream Of
any consequence between the Chattahoo.
chee and the Etowah, which by rail, are
about forty miles apart. The railroad
between the Obitenaula and the Etowah
runs near the foot of small range of
mountains running S w. and N. L.
title over Que hundred miles, parallel with
the Blue Ridge, and terminating in the
edge Of North Carolina. Each of these
rivers waters Il fine valley, one of which
is also watered By the Chattahoochac
which runs parallel with and near the
base Of the Blue Rilge which terminates
with the Stone Mountain not far from
Decatur, GA. Dallas is off the railroad,
from Acworth, which is between Biz Shan
ty and Allatoona
DISTANCES IN VIRGINIA.
Hanover Junction is % miles from
Richmond by the Ccnteral, and % by
the Fredericksburg road, HanoverG II
is Is Beaver Dam 10 Louisa C H. e..
Gordodsville 1.-THE latter 20 from
Charlottesville which is So from Stann-
ton
TayIorsville, on the Frederick >burg
road; is 3 miles south of the Junction,
Chesterfield Station miles north of the
same, Milford Is Guinea's 26 and II
from Fredericksburg. Ashland, ou the
Fredericksburg road, is II miles from
Richmond and 9 from Hanover Junction
Aqua Greek is Is miles from Fredricks.
burg, 55 from Washington, and II from
Alexandria.
Between Richmond and the JUNCTION
are (by roads, the Chickahominy, the
South Anna and Little River. Between
the Junction and Fredericks burg are the
North Anna aud the Mattapony. Tap
pahaunock is on the Rappabanock, about
fifty miles from the Chesapeake, seventy
or eighty below Fredericksburg and
about seventy from Richmond, with the
Mattapony, Pamunky and Chickahominy
intervening. The Chickahominy runs
in the main parallel with the James, then
turncs south, and empties into the latter,
about nine miles from Williamsburg.
Jarratt's in Sussex county, (where the
late raid was made), is a mere hamlet
thirty miles from Petersburg and thirty
four from Weldon. Between Petersburg
and Weldon, are the Nottoway and
Meheinn rivers, and few small streams.
Weldon is on the Roanoake at the head
of a small steamboat navigation.
The White House is on the Pamunky,
about seventeen miles from Richmond.
Atlees is half way between Richmond
and Hanover c. H., nine miles from
each.
O -,aet os ostL~--~-:-.-
of moro than ordinary interest, it may
be well to preserve this paper for refer