The Gunpowder Crisis
Update: 2025-08-07
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In early August 1775, George Washington received one of the most alarming reports of his nascent military career. After assuming command of the Continental Army just weeks earlier, he discovered that his forces besieging Boston possessed a mere 36 barrels of gunpowder—enough for perhaps nine rounds per soldier. This revelation exposed a vulnerability so severe that, according to witnesses, it left the typically stoic commander speechless for half an hour.
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