Explosion At The Confederate Powder Works

In August, 1864, a violent explosion destroyed the granulating building of the Augusta Powder Works, one of the 28 buildings of the Confederacy’s massive gunpowder mill along Augusta Canal. Eight men and a boy died when 18,000 pounds of gunpowder ...

Confederate Powder Works

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Obelisk chimney one-third mile (from here) marks center of Confederate Powder Works which extended two miles along the river and was the principal powder factory in the South during the War. It supplied Confederate armies with abundant gunpowder of the ...

The Confederate States Powder Works

"...the best powder mill in the world..."

When the conflict began in April 1861,

leaders on both sides were unprepared

to wage a long war. The Confederacy's

industrial capacity was especially lacking,

and munitions of all types were scarce.

Initial stores of gunpowder were

inadequate, and ...