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The War
Fills up the gap from 1860 to
1865
What every of merit or demerit Chattanooga deserves, let
the people, who are acquainted with the facts, for themselves decide.
At the close of the war we came
back from the South, to find the city full of soldiers, everything in confusion
and uproar.
All works of enterprise were
stopped. Foundries, mills, machine
shops, and works of that character were paralyzed by the war.
Owners of property were
scattered, some her, some there, and our rolling mill, foundries, etc., were
burned or razed to the ground.
So we had to commence anew, as it
were.
In the latter part of this year
the “American Union” was started by some military men and civilians.
Soon Mr. S. B. Lowe commenced the
work of re-building his burned rolling mills.
Mr. Thos. Webster began to add to
his almost ruined works of the Foundry.
The Government laid a few water
pipes, but this proved a worthless enterprise to the city. The only good they accomplished was to lay
some pipes and establish plugs which enabled the present company to put the
works into operation sooner than otherwise.
Thus have we brought the history
of Chattanooga
in a rude manner down to the present.
There are many scenes and
incidents connected with her past history, which want of space forbids our
reediting in these pages.
But, it is not with the past we
are to deal, so much as the present, the ever living present.
Therefore we take leave of the
things that were, and apply us to things that are.
Parham’s Chattanooga City
Directory 1871-1872
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