. . . the casting of fifty 16-inch Dahlgreen [sic] guns at Pittsburgh. – the Draughts of moulds, &c., have been prepared by Capt. Dahlgreen, and it is understood that the guns will be much shorter and thicker that the 16-inch Rodman gun. Most of them will be smooth bored, and are designated for use on board of the new vessels of the Monitor style, and others, whose construction has been already directed by Secretary Wells [sic].
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 26, 1862, p. 2
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 26, 1862, p. 2
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