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Thank you for the replies. My problem is that my computer won't download that pdf. I've asked my son to do it for me. I hope it hasn't been taken off-line. --Sally Phillips
--- On Mon, 5/16/11, Sondra Reger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Sondra Reger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Saltpeter in the Civil War
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, May 16, 2011, 10:10 PM
This may help:
http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL47_NO04.pdf
Civil War Enthusiasts --
A man in Virginia's 21st Regiment of the Virginia Infantry "made saltpeter,"
according to his pension application filed in 1924. I'm finding lots on the
internet about mining saltpeter and making gunpowder. Did Virginia have one
or more sources of saltpeter or should I assume he went to Georgia to mine
it?
Can someone steer me to a book or a website that's reliable. There's a lot
of fluff out there and saltpeter is far from my area of expertise!
Thanks!
Sally Phillips
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