Searcy and Moore gun factory
Armory, Madison, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Madison, North Carolina
- Years
- 1862-1863
- Today
- Marker only
SEARCY AND MOORE
Gun factory on Hogans Creek. The firm made about 100 rifles for North Carolina. On July 10, 1863, the state bought all its supplies and materials and sent them to the Florence Armory in Guilford County.
Then
The firm made about 100 rifles for North Carolina on Hogans Creek.
On July 10, 1863, the state bought all its supplies and materials and sent them to the Florence Armory in Guilford County.
Now
Marker only
A marker stands on US 220, about a mile east of the factory site.
Lines owned by Norfolk Southern run through Madison today.
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