Columbus Arsenal

The city of Columbus Georgia was a very important contributor to the Confederate war effort.  Located on the Chattahoochee River in southwest Georgia it was also a major railroad and shipping center and therefore critical for Southern manufacture.  A spur of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad crossed the river from the west while the […]

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Clarksville Ordnance Harness Shops Production

The following production output from the Clarksville Shops represents the only complete records available. June 1862 through August 1863: Wheel and lead harness                                                       1,146 sets* Jenifer Saddles                                                                      206 “Plain” Jenifer Saddles                                                            98 Officers Quilted (seats) & Hoods (Stirrups) Saddle               102 “Shafted” (seats) Jenifer Saddles                                                4 Skeleton Jenifer Saddles                                                    5,350 Skeleton McClellan Saddles                                                 230 Single English […]

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Richmond Saddle Production

“TROOPERS” SADDLE MANUFACTURING: 1861                   1862                  1863            1864                      1865 Civilian Purchases, some manufacturing  April – Fall 1861 of various models*    —————– 1st Model “Patent”                            Jan. – Nov. 1862 Jenifer                                       ——————– 2nd  Model                                                       Nov.  1862- Spring 1863 New Jenifer*                                                             ———- Jenifer/McClellan                                                            June – Nov. 1863 and “Transition “ Saddle                                                          ——– 1st Model McClellan                                                                Nov. 1863 – April […]

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Richmond Arsenal

The Richmond Arsenal was established with the Confederate government’s move to Richmond from Montgomery Alabama in May 1861. On June 2nd, Josiah Gorgas arrived in Richmond and sought to find locations for Confederate ordnance establishments and his headquarters. The James River front proved to be a natural location, for clustered in a surprisingly small area […]

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