Mobile Ordnance Depot Explosion

Date: May 25, 1865 • Location: Mobile, United States

In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census and estimated at 204,689 following an annexation in 2023, making it the second-most populous city in Alabama. The Mobile metropolitan area, with an estimated 412,000 people, is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the state.