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“little dogs of war”

Must Have Slipped Through the Blockade From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 19, 1861: Steel rifled Cannon. –We saw yesterday, near the Central railroad depot, awaiting transportation, two steel 12-pounders, rifled. The mark on each shows where they came from–“Blakely’s … Continue reading

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