Saturday, June 26, 2010

Tap Lightly and Don’t Smoke

Civil War: Union soldiers removing the powder from Confederate torpedoes at James River, Virginia in 1864.

Life expectancy of the sappers was short.  The powder shack sat in a deep gully to protect others in the area from any unexpected explosion.

 

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