Libraries, and there are lots of things that you can dig out of that volume. But by the spring of 1862, the powder works quickly constructed by incorporating the industrial capacity of much of the south by having the individual parts of the factory produced in different places, including some of the incorporating wheels, the big what you can kind of think of as grinding wheels in nashville, the drive shaft in the incorporating House Building which was in segments, which is almost 300 feet long, was cast in segments in chattanooga, and then shipped by rail to augusta and assembled in the complex. There was a refinery for refining, removing impurities from the principal component of gunpowder at that time, potassium nitrate. And then large cooling magazines, and also storage magazines. And the complex was laid out essentially so that all the materiel progressed from downstream to upstream, and the finished product, and also the most dangerous part of the product was also located furthest
You can always find American History tv on the weekends with congress on recess throughout august, cspan3 is featuring highlights during the week. We focus on the civil war with the Atlanta Campaign. In may 1864, Union General William Sherman marched into georgia and after a series of battles on september 2nd, the union army seized the city. The march to the sea through georgia, and general Joseph E Johnston who led the confederates through atlanta. A look at confederate weapons manufacturing during and after the fall of atlanta. Friday night on American History tv, slavery and the cinema, beginning at 8 00 eastern with the look at depiction of slavery and films since the 1930s. And the passage of the 13th amendment in the movie lincoln. And the 1939 movie gone with the wind and its depiction of southern society, all starting friday night at 8 00 eastern friday night at 8 00 eastern here on cspan3. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 p. M. Eastern, a discussion about
You can always find American History tv on the weekends, but with congress on recess throughout august, cspan3 is featuring highlights during the week. We continue our focus on the civil war, with a look at the Atlanta Campaign. In may 1864, Union General William Sherman marched into georgia, and after a series of battles on september 2nd, the union army seized the city. The march to the sea through georgia, and general Joseph E Johnston who led the confederates in atlanta during the spring and summer of 1864. And later, a look at confederate weapons manufacturing in Central Georgia during and after the fall of atlanta. Friday night on American History tv, slavery and the cinema. A look at the depiction of slavery in the films since the 1930s. The 2012 movie lincoln and the debate and passage of the 13th amendment. A discussion about the 1939 movie gone with the wind and its depiction of southern society, friday night, 8 00 eastern, here on cspan3. This weekend on American History tv,
Ice. We were able to get salt down right away, but were waiting for the major salt trucks to get here. Reporter smoke alarms alerted occupants of the home to the fire allowing victims three elderly relatives to get out safely. Now they are staying with family as fire fighter finish the job and investigators work to find a cause. Back here live once again a tough job for those Fire Fighters but also a tough loss for this family. Fire still being investigated at this hour and causes not yet known. That is latest live, Nicole Brewer, Eyewitness News at cw philly. Nicole, thank you. Coming up at 8 03. Katie is on the sky deck. Not as bad as yesterday with the wind. Definitely not but we have a fair share of problems off to the south of philadelphia. Off in the distance you can tell how gray the sky is and as we faced south down to the south here in philadelphia, we have had some problems going on. Lets start off by taking new to mobile three which currently is traveling along beach avenue
Head and a boy seriously injured, again, they were taken to cooper in Critical Condition. Police say all shot with the same gun found at the scene, all four victims fawn in the same room. The news has shocked this tightknit community, and dozens showed up last night to a vigil. Police believe la page is the mother of the three children who were shot, and investigators have not yet released their identities. And while police are not discussing a motive for the shooting, they do say, theyre not looking for a suspect. At this point, far from making a determination if this is murder suicide, that will be Little Something we will wait to see where the evidence takes us. Im just devastated and shocked. Hear more from the grieving Community Coming up in the next half hour, Police Say Nine members of this same family all lived in the in this tabernacle home together, they say, the members of the family who called police did not hear gunshots. Reporting live outside of Cooper University hospita