B30, G 8/31/1861

Georgia Railroad Machine Shop
Augusta, Ga.
 
   New article in the Columbus Daily Enquirer of August 31, 1861, announced that the mechanics of the above have built a "new styled cannon" called a Sumner Oscillating Beechloading Rifled Gun. It was manufactured from the crank axle of a railroad engine. (p. 87)

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