Washington Arsenal Explosion

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Just purchased a new book that came out last year on the explosion at the Washington Arsenal in 1864, which claimed the lives of seventeen women and young girls who worked there. History has recorded that Lincoln and Stanton participated in the funeral procession for these women, but I have found very little on the event itself.

The full title is The Washington Arsenal Explosion: Civil War Disaster in the Capital, and the author was Brian Bergin, who gathered all the research and had written the book. He was in the process of finding a publisher when he lost his battle with heart disease in 2009. His daughter, Erin Bergin Voorhees, finished the final editing and publication in 2012.

127 pages complete with photos, notes, and bibliography.