Augusta Arsenal
Arsenal, Augusta, Georgia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Augusta, Georgia
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
AUGUSTA ARSENAL
Georgia took the arsenal on January 24, 1861. Josiah Gorgas expanded it to make ammunition, artillery projectiles and ordnance stores, and Augusta was the main depot for the Western armies. Union troops took it back on May 3, 1865.
Then
Josiah Gorgas expanded the arsenal to make ammunition, field and siege artillery projectiles and ordnance stores, and it produced large quantities from 1863 to 1865. Augusta was the main depot for the Western armies, receiving blockade cargo by rail from Wilmington and Charleston.
Georgia took the arsenal on January 24, 1861. Union troops entered Augusta and took it back on May 3, 1865.
Now
Built over
The grounds are the Summerville campus of Augusta University. The original headquarters building stands, and the 1866 guardhouse holds a small museum.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 1.4 miles away.
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