April 1, 1863, Galveston Weekly News
Galveston, March 28, 1863.
Eds. News.–Yesterday Evening the train did not arrive from Houston until 8 o’clock. The freight was so great that the engine was incapable of taking it beyond Virginia Point, where eleven cars out of thirty were switched off. After taking the balance on the bridge the locomotive started to Galveston for a fresh supply of fuel. Many of the passengers, impatient of further delay, resolved to accomplish the remainder of the journey, about 6 miles, on foot and arrived home hungry, dissatisfied and fatigued with the day’s adventure.