Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Major Anderson” in article 1 of The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...laid before the Secretary a plan by which two large men-of-war could each engage a land battery, with a certainty, almost, of being destroyed, while a third vessel of lighter draft could run in under Major Anderson 's guns.
But this was not regarded as certain of success.
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