Roswell Mill
Mill, Roswell, Georgia.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Mill
- Where
- Roswell, Georgia
- Years
- 1861-1864
- Today
- Ruins
ROSWELL MILL
The largest cotton mill in north Georgia made Roswell Gray fabric for Confederate uniforms. Union cavalry seized the mill on July 5, 1864, and sent about 400 workers, most of them women and children, north by train.
Then
The mills made Roswell Gray fabric for Confederate uniforms. They were the largest cotton mill in north Georgia.
Union cavalry seized the mill on July 5, 1864, and sent about 400 workers, most of them women and children, north by train.
Now
Ruins
The mill site is part of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, where remnants of the buildings are visible.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 9 miles away.
Nearby
- 15 miAndrews Raid on the Western and AtlanticApril 12, 1862, Big Shanty to near Ringgold, Georgia
- 18 miUnion cavalry cuts the Georgia Railroad near Stone MountainJuly 18, 1864, Stone Mountain, Georgia
- 18 miAtlanta arsenal, rolling mill and depotsConfederate · Depot, Atlanta, Georgia
- 18 miHood blows up his ammunition train and abandons AtlantaSeptember 1, 1864, Atlanta, Georgia
- 18 miSherman leaves Atlanta on the March to the SeaNovember 15, 1864, Atlanta, Georgia
- 18 miAtlanta under Union occupationUnion · Rail junction, Atlanta, Georgia