Griswold and Grier pistol factory
Armory, Griswoldville, Georgia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Griswoldville, Georgia
- Years
- 1862-1864
- Today
- Marker only
GRISWOLDVILLE PISTOL FACTORY
The Griswold cotton gin plant was converted in 1862 to make Colt-pattern revolvers for the Confederate Army, finishing five a day at peak and about 3,500 in all. Kilpatrick's 3rd Cavalry Division burned the factory on November 20, 1864.
Then
The Griswold cotton gin plant was converted in 1862 to make Colt-pattern revolvers for the Confederate Army. At peak it finished five revolvers a day, and it made about 3,500 in all.
Kilpatrick's 3rd Cavalry Division burned the factory on November 20, 1864, during the March to the Sea.
Now
Marker only
Virtually nothing is left of the prewar town. A Georgia state marker stands at Henderson Road and Griswoldville Road.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by Norfolk Southern.
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