The Allegheny Arsenal Explosion of 1862
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I am saying now it was " Confederate Spies or Dupont faulty barrels..."
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I want to point out the arsenal blow up the same day as the Sharpsburg battle.... makes you go humm....
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I want to point out the arsenal blow up the same day as the Sharpsburg battle.... makes you go humm....
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The arsenal was a big employer of women... @diane , @Daring Drea , @O' Be Joyful ... Women had many different jobs there...
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The explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal on September 17, 1862 was the worst civilian disaster associated with the Civil War. This monument was erected in 1928 to honor the memory of thirty-nine young women buried here, half of the 78 young workers killed in the accident at the arsenal.
Allegheny Arsenal Monument
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Alexander McBride lived a life of relative seclusion after the explosion. But, in the late 1890s he met with 300 former employees to sign a petition demanding that Congress award $30,000 to be split among victims and families. Nearly 40 years had passed without any compensation. Congress denied the petition, saying the money was needed to finance the Spanish-American War.
Allegheny Arsenal Explosion | History of American Women
Civil War Women in the Arsenals On September 17, 1862, seventy-eight girls and young women were killed in an explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – the worst civilian disaster of the Civil War. The deaths of these young women were given...
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The explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal on September 17, 1862 was the worst civilian disaster associated with the Civil War. This monument was erected in 1928 to honor the memory of thirty-nine young women buried here, half of the 78 young workers killed in the accident at the arsenal.
Allegheny Arsenal Monument
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Alexander McBride lived a life of relative seclusion after the explosion. But, in the late 1890s he met with 300 former employees to sign a petition demanding that Congress award $30,000 to be split among victims and families. Nearly 40 years had passed without any compensation. Congress denied the petition, saying the money was needed to finance the Spanish-American War.
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You are an expert at both.I maybe implying something.... or just being annoying.... or both...