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Vol. III—No. 440
President Lincoln has ordered another draft for two hundred thousand men, in addition to the five thousand already ordered. The draft is to take place as soon after the 15th of APRIL as may be found practical.
From Fortress Monroe
Arrival of Prisoners—Effective Weapon
Fortress Monroe, March 14.-Twenty-three Confederate prisoners, captured in the recent raid on the peninsula, reached here to-day from Yorktown. About fourteen others were brought from the same place yesterday.
The Gatling gun was tested here to-day by the officers of the 3rd Pennsylvania artillery, who pronounce it to be a most effective weapon, having a greater range and more accuracy than any gun now in use. The Russian officers who witnessed the experiments were highly gratified. The gun is capable of throwing, it is said, upwards of two hundred shots a minute.
Citation: Baltimore Daily Gazette. Baltimore, 16 March 1864. Gift of Steven and Susan Raab. AN .B1972