Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Major Childs” in chapter 3, page 43 of Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865:
...e bands transported to the foundery, where the guns were waiting for them.
In order, however, not to delay at this critical moment the important operations of the Ordnance Department, the limits of Major Childs had been extended to those
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