Charleston Arsenal
Arsenal, Charleston, South Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Years
- 1860-1865
- Today
- Built over
CHARLESTON ARSENAL
South Carolina troops seized the arsenal in late December 1860. Josiah Gorgas had it enlarged and fitted with steam power, and it served for a time as barracks for Confederate troops. Union troops retook it when Charleston fell in February 1865.
Then
Josiah Gorgas had the arsenal enlarged and fitted with steam power. It also served for a time as barracks for Confederate troops.
South Carolina troops seized the arsenal in late December 1860. Union troops retook it when Charleston fell in February 1865.
Now
Built over
St. Luke's Chapel, a converted artillery shed, is the only arsenal building left. The site belongs to the Medical University of South Carolina.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 1.1 miles away.
Nearby
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- 56 miUnion fleet captures Port Royal SoundNovember 7, 1861, Port Royal Sound, South Carolina
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