Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Howe” in article 9 of The Daily Dispatch: March 16, 1864., [Electronic resource]:
...der, six inches long two inches in diameter, with a fuse attached.
A paper of printed instructions is pasted on the outside, like the label of phial of physic.
On this paper is a diagram of the " Howe russ Bridge." the common railroad bridge of the South, with places marked where the torpedo is to be inserted in sugar holes bored for the purpose.
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