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The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], A formidable Pike. (search)
A formidable Pike.
--The Memphis Avalanche describes a new weapon, called the "Graves lance and pike," named after its inventor, the Rev. J. R. Graves, of Nashville.
Its striking peculiarities are: 1.
Its wound at once paralyzes the enemy, and it is of the most fatal character.
2. It is portable and can be used with a shot gun. Its length is nine or ten feet when extended, and when folded only the length of the musket.
3. A body of soldiers can be drilled with the manual used for the
--The Memphis Avalanche describes a new weapon, called the "Graves lance and pike," named after its inventor, the Rev. J. R. Graves, of Nashville.
Its striking peculiarities are: 1.
Its wound at once paralyzes the enemy, and it is of the most fatal character.
2. It is portable and can be used with a shot gun. Its length is nine or ten feet when extended, and when folded only the length of the musket.
3. A body of soldiers can be drilled with the manual used for the musket and bayonet.