Statistics for occurrence #1 of “State of Virginia” in chapter 15, section c.25.98, page 71 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12.:
...Rome, Ga., a foundry—Noble & Son — was induced to undertake the casting of three-inch rifles, after drawings furnished at Montgomery; but the progress made was necessarily slow.
The State of Virginia possessed a number of old four-pounder iron guns, which were reamed out to get a good bore,
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