United States, Virginia, Richmond County, Richmond, 37.93705, -76.72968Smith, Marion O., 1942-20222022-07Photocopy of handwritten report outlining the operations of the Confederate Nitre Bureau in Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. It discusses key personnel like Joseph H. Crenshaw and William D. Ricketts, and provides details about office expenses, rent, and saltpeter production logistics. The document also references specific locations used for Bureau activities, including a laboratory on 7th Street and a warehouse on Cary Street. Sites mentioned: Confederate States of America. Nitre and Mining Bureau. Nitre District 1image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Explosives--AdditivesSaltpeterDiscovery and explorationSoldiersNamesVandalismIndependent scholarsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--GraffitiCavingSignatures (Writing)|Tourism--Moral and ethical aspectsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narrativesSaltpeter industry--HistoryGunpowder industryGuano industryNitratesCavesSpeleologyJournal of Spelean HistorySpeleologistsGeology, EconomicGraffitiGeotourismSustainable tourismUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America. Nitre and Mining BureauManufacturing industries--United States--History--19th centuryManufacturing industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th centuryMineral industries--United States--History--19th centuryMineral industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th centurySaltpeter industry--United StatesGunpowder--United StatesNitrogen industries--United StatesSaltpeter industry--Confederate States of AmericaGunpowder--Confederate States of AmericaNitrogen industries--Confederate States of AmericaBats--ManureGuanoLocal historyThe Richmond Confederate nitre bureau officeText