Macon Arsenal
Arsenal, Macon, Georgia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Macon, Georgia
- Years
- 1862-1865
MACON ARSENAL
Official Confederate arsenal making percussion caps, friction primers and pressed bullets, with armory equipment moved from Holly Springs, Mississippi. Wilson's cavalry captured Macon without resistance on April 20, 1865.
Then
Macon served as an official Confederate arsenal making percussion caps, friction primers and pressed bullets. Armory equipment from Holly Springs, Mississippi, was moved to Macon.
Wilson's cavalry captured Macon without resistance on April 20, 1865.
Now
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Macon today.
Served by
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