Tag Archives: Civil War Pittsburgh

“Where Death Began”: Tragedy and Memory at the Allegheny Arsenal

Posted on September 17, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Rich Condon In the early afternoon hours of September 17, 1862, Joseph R. Frick, a local wagon driver, made his final rounds delivering three 100lb. barrels of gunpowder to the main laboratory of Allegheny Arsenal in … Continue reading →

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The Civil War Zoom Boom: Civil War Pittsburgh

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

(part five in a series) Before I could finish this series, I was sidelined by a tooth extraction that didn’t go so smoothly, and then the monument stuff started to blow up, so my attention has been on that the … Continue reading →

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