The new episode of The UnXplaned featuring The History Guy is at 8pm Central- so for tonight’s livestream we will be hosting a watch party. We’ll be on at 7:45 pm Central and stay until after the show is over to answer questions.
During the civil war, the manufacture of powder and explosives was often handled by the most vulnerable, young women and children, whose labor was needed when so many men had been sent off to war. On March 13, 1863, the confederacy experienced a munitions disaster, in the confederate capitol of Richmond.