Asheville Armory
Armory, Asheville, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Years
- 1862-1863
- Today
- Marker only
ASHEVILLE ARMORY
A private company began making Enfield-pattern rifles here in 1862, and the Confederate government took over the works that fall. About 900 rifles were made in all. The machinery moved to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1863.
CONFEDERATE ARMORY
Manufactured Enfield-type rifles. In 1863 plant moved to Columbia, S.C. Building was located 1/4 mi. SE. Burned in 1865.
Then
A private company began making Enfield-pattern rifles in 1862, and the Confederate government took over the works that fall. NCpedia counts about 900 rifles made in all.
The machinery moved to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1863. The armory building was destroyed when Federal troops entered Asheville in 1865.
Now
Marker only
A state highway marker (P-57) stands on College Street, about a quarter mile from the building site.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Asheville today.
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