Central Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Allegheny Arsenal Explosion

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2021

1. Allegheny Arsenal Explosion Marker

Inscription.

Allegheny Arsenal Explosion. . , Inscription from original monument, Erected by voluntary subscription to the memory of those who were killed by the explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal, September 17, 1862. Tread softly, this is consecrated dust. Forty five pure patriotic victims lie here, a sacrifice to freedom and civil liberty, a horrid memento of a most wicked rebellion. Patriots! These are patriots' graves, friends of humble honest toil. These were your peers. Fervent affection kindled these hearts, honest industry employed these hands. Widows' and orphans' tears have watered this ground, female beauty and manhood's vigor commingle here. Identified by man, known by Him who is the resurrection and the life, to be made known and loved again, when the morning cometh., Elizabeth Ager . Mary Algeo . Mary Amarine . Hannah Baxter Barbara Bishop . Joseph E. Bollman . Mary A. Bollman . Rose Brady Ella Brown . Alice Burke . Sarah Burke . Catherine Burkhart Bridget Clare . Emma Clowes . Mary Collins . Melinda Colston Mary Cranan . Agnes M. Davison . Mary A. Davison . Ann Dillon Kate Dillon . Kate Donahue . Sarah Donnell . Mary Donnelly Magdalene Douglas . Mary A. Dripps . Catherine Dugan . Nancy Fleming Catherine Foley . Susan Fritchley . Sarah George . David Gilliland Virginia Hammill . Sidney Hanlon . Mary J. Heeny . Hester Heslip Mary J. Jeffrey . Mrs. Mary J. Johnson . Annie Jones . Catherine Kaler Margaret Kelley . Uriah Laughlin . Eliza Lindsay . Harriet Lindsay Adaline Mahrer . Ellen Manchester . Elizabeth Markle . Elizabeth J. Maxwell Sarah A. Maxwell . Ella McAfee . Kate McBride . Maria McCarthy Susan McCreight . Ellen McKenna . Susan McKenna . Grace McMillan Andrew McWhirter . Mary Ann McWhirter . Catherine Miller . Phillip Miller Mary Murphy . Melinda Neckerman . Alice Nugent . Margaret O'Rourke Mary Riordan . Martha Robinson . Mary Robinson . Mary S. Robinson Nancy Ross . Ella Rushton . Eleanor Shepard . Sarah Shepard Elizabeth Shook . Ellen Slattery . Mary Slattery . Robert Smith Lucinda Truxall . Margaret A. Turney , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Time and its destructive elements obliterated the inscription and names on the original monument erected on this plot in 1863, which was in memory of the victims who lie buried here. The present monument is erected to keep ever sacred the memory of all seventy eight who lost their lives in this explosion. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , This monument dedicated May 27, 1928 .

Inscription from original monument

Erected by voluntary subscription to the memory of those who were killed by the explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal, September 17, 1862. Tread softly, this is consecrated dust. Forty five pure patriotic victims lie here, a sacrifice to freedom and civil liberty, a horrid memento of a most wicked rebellion. Patriots! These are patriots' graves, friends of humble honest toil. These were your peers. Fervent affection kindled these hearts, honest industry employed these hands. Widows' and orphans' tears have watered this ground, female beauty and manhood's vigor commingle here. Identified by man, known by Him who is the resurrection and the life, to be made known and loved again, when the morning cometh.

Elizabeth Ager • Mary Algeo • Mary Amarine • Hannah Baxter
Barbara Bishop • Joseph E. Bollman • Mary A. Bollman • Rose Brady
Ella Brown • Alice Burke • Sarah Burke • Catherine Burkhart
Bridget Clare • Emma Clowes • Mary Collins • Melinda Colston
Mary Cranan • Agnes M. Davison • Mary A. Davison • Ann Dillon
Kate Dillon • Kate Donahue • Sarah Donnell • Mary Donnelly
Magdalene Douglas • Mary A. Dripps • Catherine Dugan • Nancy Fleming
Catherine Foley • Susan Fritchley • Sarah George • David Gilliland
Virginia Hammill

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• Sidney Hanlon • Mary J. Heeny • Hester Heslip
Mary J. Jeffrey • Mrs. Mary J. Johnson • Annie Jones • Catherine Kaler
Margaret Kelley • Uriah Laughlin • Eliza Lindsay • Harriet Lindsay
Adaline Mahrer • Ellen Manchester • Elizabeth Markle • Elizabeth J. Maxwell
Sarah A. Maxwell • Ella McAfee • Kate McBride • Maria McCarthy
Susan McCreight • Ellen McKenna • Susan McKenna • Grace McMillan
Andrew McWhirter • Mary Ann McWhirter • Catherine Miller • Phillip Miller
Mary Murphy • Melinda Neckerman • Alice Nugent • Margaret O'Rourke
Mary Riordan • Martha Robinson • Mary Robinson • Mary S. Robinson
Nancy Ross • Ella Rushton • Eleanor Shepard • Sarah Shepard
Elizabeth Shook • Ellen Slattery • Mary Slattery • Robert Smith
Lucinda Truxall • Margaret A. Turney
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Time and its destructive elements obliterated the inscription and names on the original monument erected on this plot in 1863, which was in memory of the victims who lie buried here. The present monument is erected to keep ever sacred the memory of all seventy eight who lost their lives in this explosion.
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This monument dedicated May 27, 1928

Erected 1928 by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and its Ladies Auxiliary.

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Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2021

2. Allegheny Arsenal Explosion Marker

lists: Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 17, 1862.

Location. 40° 28.168′ N, 79° 57.102′ W. Marker is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Central Lawrenceville. Monument is in Allegheny Cemetery Section 17, along the SW border with St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4734 Butler Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. William McGregor (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Calbraith Perry Rodgers (about 300 feet away); Rev. Daniel J. Maladey (about 300 feet away); Rev. Francis P. Ward (about 400 feet away); Rev. A. [Andrew] P. Gibbs (about 400 feet away); Northern Red Oak (about 400 feet away); Rev. Israel J. M^cGovern (about 400 feet away); Very Rev. John P. Gallagher, L.L.D. (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.

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Also see . . .
1. Allegheny Arsenal (National Archives). (Submitted on September 17, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Allegheny Arsenal Explosion: Pittsburgh's worst day during the Civil War (Post-Gazette)

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2021

3. Allegheny Arsenal Explosion Marker

. (Submitted on September 17, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
3. 1862 Explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal (The History Guy on YouTube, 2021). (Submitted on September 17, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

Allegheny Arsenal Explosion Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2021

4. Allegheny Arsenal Explosion Monument

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 12, 2021

5. Allegheny Arsenal Explosion Monument

Looking SE, with fence boundary with St. Mary Catholic Cemetery to right of the monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 419 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 17, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.