NP, RD 3/2/1861

From the Richmond Dispatch
 
March 2, 1861
 
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   On Monday morning last, the freight train on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad going West, had on two Columbiads, one weighing 15,600, the other 15,553 lbs., their length was ten feet four inches, the bore ten inches. There were along three car loads of shot and shell of proper size for them. They were directed to Gov. A. B. Moore, Montgomery, Ala.

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