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Confederate Ammunition Warehouse Explosion
| A large lithograph of the most immediate of the tragic results of the civil war in Mobile, Alabama, which was the great explosion of May 25, 1865. Federal soldiers collected and stored large quantities of recently surrendered Confederate ammunition in Mobile cotton warehouses. When the warehouse of Pomeroy and Marshall exploded, only a hole in the ground was left, and the sound was heard at Fort Morgan thirty miles away. "Careless handling of the ammunition by Negro soldiers" was cited to be the cause by eye witnesses who had left the scene before the explosion. The total number of persons killed was never determined accurately. Property loss was in excess of $700,000. |
| Image ID: | 70628 |
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| Creation Date: | |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Mobile |
| County: | |
| State: | Alabama |
| Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | PH 5-1254 |
| Original Dimensions: | 21.5 x 14 inches |
| Explosions |
| Fires |
| Cities and towns |
| Warehouses |
| Ordnance |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Pedestrians |
| Piers |
| Railroad tracks |
| Railroad trains |
| Ships |
| Water |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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