St. Louis Arsenal
Arsenal, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
ST. LOUIS ARSENAL
Federal arsenal on the Mississippi River that supplied war materiel to the armies in the Western Theater. Captain Nathaniel Lyon secured it on April 29, 1861, and in May began moving most of its munitions to Illinois, out of reach of Missouri secessionists.
Then
The federal arsenal on the Mississippi River at St. Louis. With the city in Union hands it supplied large quantities of war materiel to the armies in the Western Theater.
Captain Nathaniel Lyon secured the arsenal on April 29, 1861, and in May began moving most of its munitions to Illinois, out of reach of Missouri secessionists. In March 1869, 10 acres of the grounds were given to the city for Lyon Park.
Now
Built over
The complex is still military property, maintained by the Air Force and the Department of Defense, and houses a major branch of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by Union Pacific.
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