Bibliograph

Gunpowder girls, the true stories of three Civil War tragedies, Tanya Anderson

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Gunpowder girls, the true stories of three Civil War tragedies, Tanya Anderson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-149) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Intended audience

1050L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

14 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gunpowder girls

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Tanya Anderson

Sub title

the true stories of three Civil War tragedies

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adolescent

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