Confederate Armory, Kenansville
Armory, Kenansville, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Kenansville, North Carolina
- Years
- 1863-1864
- Today
- Marker only
KENANSVILLE ARMORY
Louis Froelich founded the works in 1861 and moved it to Kenansville in 1863. The Confederate Armory made sabers, lances, bayonets and cutlasses here until production ended in 1864.
Then
Louis Froelich founded the works in 1861 and moved it to Kenansville in 1863. It made sabers, lances, bayonets and cutlasses until 1864.
Production ended in 1864.
Now
Marker only
A state highway marker (F-27) stands at Magnolia Extension and Mallard Street.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 6 miles from the center of Kenansville.
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