VA-ROOTS Archives

May 2011

VA-ROOTS@LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Saltpeter in the Civil War
From:
Sondra Reger <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 16 May 2011 22:10:11 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (20 lines) 
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

To
:00

To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at
http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2