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Widow Blakely (cannon)

Widow Blakely was a large cannon used by Confederate forces during the Siege of Vicksburg in the American Civil War. The cannon's was named "Widow Blakely" because it was the only Blakely rifled gun used by the Confederate defenders of Vicksburg during the siege.