Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. Ripley” in article pos=26 of The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
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The firing was more rapid than usual yesterday morning.
Charleston, Oct. 12.
--The firing to-day has been slower.
A fifteen-inch shell was exploded to-day by some boys near Gen. Ripley 's headquarters, killing two negroes and two boys, and wounding others.
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