Union saltpeter purchases, London
Depot, London, United Kingdom.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- London, United Kingdom
- Years
- 1861-1862
UNION SALTPETER PURCHASES
Lammot du Pont went to London in 1861 to buy saltpeter for gunpowder for the U.S. government. A large quantity he had bought was held there when Britain banned saltpeter exports during the Trent crisis. Britain lifted the ban in 1862 and du Pont shipped the saltpeter to the United States legally.
Then
British India was an important Union source of saltpeter for gunpowder. Lammot du Pont went to London in 1861 to buy saltpeter for the U.S. government, and a large quantity he had bought in the United Kingdom was held there when Britain banned saltpeter exports during the Trent crisis.
Britain lifted the ban in 1862 and du Pont shipped the saltpeter to the United States legally.
Now
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