Wilson's raiders burn the Tannehill furnaces
March 31, 1865, Tannehill Ironworks, Alabama.
- Date
- March 31, 1865
- Where
- Tannehill Ironworks, Alabama
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 157 of 174
Tannehill's three charcoal furnaces could make 22 tons of pig iron a day, most of it shipped to the naval gun works and arsenal at Selma. Croxton's brigade was sent to burn Tannehill and the Bibb Naval Furnace at Brierfield, and three companies of the 8th Iowa Cavalry burned the Tannehill furnaces and foundry on March 31. The ruins are in Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park.
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