Pikesville Arsenal
Arsenal, Pikesville, Maryland.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Pikesville, Maryland
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Museum
PIKESVILLE ARSENAL
Army Ordnance Department arsenal north of Baltimore, opened in 1820. Commandant Benjamin Huger resigned on April 22, 1861, to join the Confederacy, and local Confederates called the Garrison Forest Rangers briefly seized it until Union troops arrived. It stayed active until 1879.
Then
An Army Ordnance Department arsenal north of Baltimore, opened in 1820 and placed far enough from the harbor to be safe from enemy fire and close enough to support the coastal forts.
Commandant Benjamin Huger resigned on April 22, 1861, to join the Confederacy. In the first weeks of the war local Confederates called the Garrison Forest Rangers briefly seized the arsenal until Union troops arrived. It stayed active until 1879.
Now
Museum
The Maryland State Police have been headquartered at the former arsenal since 1950, and it houses the Maryland State Police Museum.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by CSX, about 0.6 miles away.
Nearby
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- 20 miGilmor burns the PW&B bridge over the Gunpowder RiverJuly 11, 1864, Magnolia Station, Maryland
- 33 miEarly cuts the Northern Central at Hanover Junction and YorkJune 27, 1863, Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania
- 33 miHaupt's military trains carry the Gettysburg woundedJuly 9, 1863, Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania