Sources for the Atlanta Arsenal Information

NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WAR DEPT. COLLECTION OF CONFEDERATE RECORDS-CHAPT. IV, GROUP 109. Records of the Ordnance Bureau, Vol. 8, 9, 19, 78 & 79, 104, 105. Records of contracts and Ordnance stores purchased, received and issued at Nashville and Atlanta 1861-1862. CONFEDERATE ORDNANCE MANUAL- REGULATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT OF ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT,  C.S.A., Richmond, Va. 1862 PLOUGHSHARES INTO […]

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Atlanta’s Horse Equipment Contract Manufacturers

Barber Greenwood & Co.- Cartersville, Ga.: 1862 contracts to Atlanta Arsenal. E.W. Gower-Gunnesville (sp):1862 contracts to Atlanta Arsenal. J.B. Langford & Son-Atlanta:1862 contracts to Atlanta Arsenal. W.G. Turner: 1862 contracts to Atlanta Arsenal. Jesse T. Merritt-winchester, Tenn.: 1862 contracts to Atlanta Arsenal. Kuhn & Turpin-Columbia, Tenn.:1863 contracts to Atlanta Arsenal. Hughs, Pendergrass & Snows- Monroe, […]

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Atlanta Arsenal’s Saddle Manufacturing

1861                   1862                  1863                  1864                 1865 ATLANTA McClellan:                                                  Spring 1862 – Feb 1863 **McClellen/Texas:                                                                Feb   –  Aug 1863 **McClellen Only:                                                                     Aug 1863-Jan. 1864 Texas Only:                                                                                              Jan. 1864 -End War

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