Gunpowder was made from Women's Urine (Pee) during the Civil War - Saltpeter or Potassium Nitrate

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Published on May 6, 2021
Gunpowder was made from Women's Urine (Pee) during the Civil War - Saltpeter or Potassium Nitrate

https://timeline.com/civil-war-gunpowder-pee-79f8d21327f0

John Haralson saw a golden opportunity. As a lawyer in Selma, he had opened a processing plant on the side, which converted nitrogen to saltpeter for making gunpowder. Thus far, the plant had used soil from where animals lived and grazed. But there simply wasnâ€™t enough urine to make weapons. So after posting his ad, Haralson sent wagons around to collect lady pee.
The barreled wagons inspired some fine jokes. One of his legal colleagues, Thomas Wetmore (last name coincidental), wrote a wee poem entitled â€œRebel Gunpowder,â€ which reads in part:
John Haralson! John Haralson!
Where did you get the notion
To send your barrel â€˜round the town
to gather up the lotion?
We thought the girls had work enough
making shirts and kissing,
But you have put the pretty dears
to patriotic p_____g.
John Haralson! John Haralson!
Do pray invent a neater
And somewhat more modest mode
of making your saltpetre;
For â€™tis an awful idea, John,
gunpowdery and cranky,
That when a lady lifts her skirts
sheâ€™s killing off a Yankee.
The taunts didnâ€™t dampen Haralsonâ€™s plans. His plant manufactured ammunition during the last two years of the war. However, according to Life of Pee: The Story of How Urine Got Everywhere, when Union troops stormed Selma on April 2, 1865, they flattened the townâ€™s arsenal, ordnance center, ironworks, and saltpeter factory. One week later, the South surrendered, ending the Civil War.

According to Wikipedia, saltpeter is one of the main ingredients in gunpowder, also known as black powder.

https://www.thoughtco.com/saltpeter-or-potassium-nitrate-608490
According to Thoughtco.com, Saltpeter is the natural mineral source of the chemical "potassium nitrate", KNO3. Potassium nitrate was isolated from [bat] guano by soaking it in water, filtering it, and harvesting the pure crystals that grow. It may be produced in a similar manner from urine or manure.

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