Anderson arms and ordnance works
Ordnance works, Anderson, Texas.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Ordnance works
- Where
- Anderson, Texas
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Marker only
ANDERSON ORDNANCE WORKS
Arms and ordnance works established at Anderson in 1861. Made cannon, cannon balls, guns, pistols, swords, sabers, bayonets and gunpowder. Grimes County was a concentration point for troops and ordnance, crossed by the military telegraph from Houston to Marshall.
Then
The works at Anderson, established in 1861, made cannon, cannon balls, guns, pistols, swords, sabers, bayonets and gunpowder. Grimes County was a concentration point for troops and ordnance, and the military telegraph from Houston to Marshall crossed it.
Now
Marker only
A 1936 state marker, a mile north of town on SH 90 then 0.6 mile on FM 244, marks the factory site.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Union Pacific, about 9 miles from the center of Anderson.