Statistics for occurrence #1 of “M. Withers” in article 18 of The Daily Dispatch: November 30, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
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--A large rifled columbiad, of nine-inch bore, and weighing 14,850 pounds, passed through this city yesterday morning, on route to Mobile, addressed to General Jones. M. Withers .
It takes a few kegs of powder to charge it, and will send a tall through a Yank at miles
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