rked the improvements on Ericssons Monitor, which is mentioned quite fully in theseptiges. Displacement 3,235 tons, speed 11.5 knots, guns: two 12inch, four 4-inch rapid-fire,three 6-pounders, four 1-pounder automatic, four 1-pounder rapid-flre, two .30-caliber auto-matic. She was used as a target… … AND THE NATIONS WERE ANGRY 269 1 -^ M « M *- S 3- which Napoleon and the great generals of all formertimes fonght, were mere toys wlien compared with theweapons that are now l)eing prepared. Previons to the Rebellion in this coun-try, 1861-1864, breech-loading guns werenot in use to any extent.…
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