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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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■ REVIEWS CO. THE LABORATORY FOR SMALL AMMUNITION AT RICHMOND This photograph was taken the day the new flag of the Confederate States of America was thrown to the breezeon top of Libby prison. The entire supply of gunpowder in the Confederacy at the beginning of the conflictwas scarcely sufficient for one month of active operations. Not a pound was being made throughout il>limits. The comparatively small amount captured at the Norfolk navy-yard, with thai on hand from othersources, was promptly distributed to the army gathering on the Potomac, to Richmond. York town, Pensacola,Mobile, and New Orleans. Scarcely any remained for the force assembling under the command of GeneralAlbert Sidney Johnston in Kentucky. In the face of these difficulties, Colonel (later General) George W.Rains was given carte blanche to take charge of the manufacture of gunpowder. He established immenseworks in Augusta, Georgia. So extensive were they thai at no time after their completion were they worked

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