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The Daily Dispatch: September 18, 1861., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Death from snake Bite. (search)
's opinion and in the action of our Marshal, is quite as obvious as it will be favorably appreciated by the public. It is both liberal and judicious, and will still further strengthen public confidence in the Government and its obligations. "Babe's battery." The Memphis Avalanche, of a recent date, gives the following description of a gun and the gentleman who carries it: In Col. Gantt's regiment, a portion of which arrived here yesterday, is a gentleman named Preston Taylor, whowould bear no comparison to this piece of ordnance. It is five feet eleven and a half inches in length and carries a ball about two inches in diameter. On account of his size, Mr. Taylor is familiarly called "Babe" by his comrades, and the term "Babe's Battery" is applied to his gun. One of our citizens, on seeing the mammoth weapon, made its possessor a present of a bag of buckshot, and Mr. Taylor says he will "scatter them" in the right place. Eager for the fray. The Helena (Ark.)