Sally, if it's any help to know, I couldn't get the .pdf file to download,  
either, although others download fine.
 
 
In a message dated 5/17/2011 9:13:47 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
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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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