The passing, 59 years ago today, of what can only be described as one of the most significant personalities of the twentieth century is just one event that occurred on this day, January 24, in history.
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.