San Antonio Arsenal
Arsenal, San Antonio, Texas.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- San Antonio, Texas
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
SAN ANTONIO ARSENAL
Federal arsenal founded in 1859 to arm the frontier forts, passed to Texas forces under Ben McCulloch in 1861. Confederates finished its buildings and used it as a principal supply depot for troops in South Texas and on the western frontier. Federal troops reoccupied it in November 1865.
Then
The federal arsenal, founded in 1859 to arm the frontier forts, passed to Texas forces under Ben McCulloch in 1861 when Twiggs surrendered federal property. Confederates finished its buildings and used it as a principal supply depot for troops in South Texas and on the western frontier.
Federal troops reoccupied it in November 1865.
Now
Built over
H-E-B bought the remaining buildings in 1985 and remodeled them as its corporate headquarters; two acres became city parkland in 1972.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Union Pacific, about 0.6 miles away.