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02667aam a2200481Mi 4500 001 59AF60DEB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161202010137 008 160606s2016 mouab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2016940762 020 $a 0966925874 020 $a 9780966925876 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)951811667 040 $a DON $b eng $e rda $c DON $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCP $d IW5 $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a HD9663.U62 $b A54 2016 082 04 $a 338.4/7623450973 $2 23 100 1 $a Anderson, Tanya, $e author. 245 10 $a Gunpowder girls : $b the true stories of three Civil War tragedies / $c by Tanya Anderson. 260 $a Kansas City, Missouri : $b Quindaro Press, $c 2016. 300 $a 157 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Catastrophe at the Allegheny arsenal Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania-September 17, 1862 : All in a day's work at the arsenal; The bloodiest day of the war; What went wrong: the investigation -- A horrible accident at the Confederate States laboratory Richmond, Virginia-March 13, 1863 : A Friday the thirteenth; The investigation & outpouring of support -- Stars and fire at the Washington arsenal Washington, D.C.-June 17, 1864 :Government girls in the nation's capital; A capital disaster; An immediate investigation; Of death and decorum. 520 $a With thousands of men off fighting in the Civil War, the government hired women and girls--some as young as ten--to make millions of rounds of ammunition. Poor immigrant girls and widows paid the price for carelessness at three major arsenals. Many of these workers were killed, blown up and burned beyond recognition. 650 0 $a Gunpowder industry $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Women $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Ammunition $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x War work. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x War work. 651 0 $a United States $x Women. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Women. 941 $a 12 952 $l NWPC663 $d 20230720010817.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201013558.0 952 $l ENPC715 $d 20220820010449.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215014643.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20200310035046.0 952 $l MIPA194 $d 20181221013529.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006102554.0 952 $l FTPA274 $d 20180111012716.0 952 $l AEPA906 $d 20170805122024.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20170328012925.0 952 $l EWPB745 $d 20161229010301.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20161202011959.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59AF60DEB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search