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Photographer: Larry D. Moore
Taken: June 30, 2020
Caption: Site of a Confederate Powder Mill Supplemental Marker
Additional Description: Sons of Confederate Veterans 1896
The Powder Mill employed a local Confederate soldier, Pvt. David Carey Nance, Co. E, "Ellis County Grays", Parsons' 12th Texas Cavalry. After recuperating from war wounds, military officials assigned him to work here. In the explosion, Nance was blown out of the building and severely burned. He survived by jumping into a water well. Nance recovered and rejoined Parsons' Brigade for the duration of the war.
For additional information, search online for O.M. Roberts SCV.
Submitted: July 3, 2020, by Larry D. Moore of Del Valle, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p528500
File Size: 0.779 Megabytes

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