Article: Affairs in Rebeldom: Story of an Illinois Scout

http://www.nytimes.com/1863/05/24/news/affairs-in-rebeldom-story-of-an-illinois-scout.html

Here is another New York Times article about a scout from the 113th Illinois Regiment doing some reconaissance in Mississippi and Alabama in early 1863. If anyone knows about anything about the second Jackson Arsenal explosion occuring that February, please send it to me. Because I can't find any mention of it beyond this article.

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New York Times article about the Jackson Arsenal Explosion

http://www.nytimes.com/1862/11/23/news/the-explosion-of-the-rebel-arsenal-at-jackson-miss.html

This is one of the few primary sources about the Jackson Arsenal (well, one of the few sources period) that I've been able to find thus far. It is an article from the November 23, 1862 New York Times, a reprint from a Southern newspaper

I found another Times article from 1864 interviewing an Illinois soldier. According to that article, during the Vicksburg campaign of the previous year, a shell hit the arsenal again and killed 126 people. I need to explore that incident more before I post anything about it...

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Article: The Most Appalling Disaster: Jackson, MS Arsenal Explosion

http://battleofraymond.org/howell.htm

Until now, I had no idea an arsenal in Jackson existed, let alone that an explosion took place there. But that it did, and I will have to add this to my ever-growing pile of research. This incident, which took place November 5, 1862 in an old schoolhouse that was used for the making ("choking" was it was often called) cartridges. The accidental explosion killed 34 people, about half women and girls. Over the years, this has largely been forgotten, but hopefully I can find all I can about it for my work. H. Grady Howell has done an excellent job here.

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