Aftermath of Ordnance Depot Explosion, Mobile, Alabama, May 25, 1865, artist's impression, detail

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Scanned by

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/25/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 29, 2015.

Depicted ContentMobile, AL

Depicted ContentRecently captured Mobile, Alabama is rocked with a massive explosion that kills hundreds

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Awful Calamity at Mobile, Ala. - Scene among the ruins after the explosion of the ordnance depot and magazine, May 25. - From a sketch by a correspondent.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 17, 1865, 200.

Source note

Cropped from the larger image, also available here.