Raleigh arsenal (School for the Blind and Deaf)
Arsenal, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1865
RALEIGH ARSENAL
The North Carolina State School for the Blind and Deaf served as Raleigh's arsenal. On April 13, 1865, Mayor William Harrison met Union General Judson Kilpatrick to propose the city's surrender. The railroad depot at Raleigh was burned during the war.
Then
The North Carolina State School for the Blind and Deaf served as Raleigh's arsenal.
On April 13, 1865, Mayor William Harrison met Union General Judson Kilpatrick to propose the city's surrender. The railroad depot at Raleigh was burned during the war.
Now
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 4 miles from the center of Raleigh.
Served by
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