American Defenders of Land, Sea & Sky
A Young Nation Divided The Civil War (1861-1865)
>We stored materials and manufactured weapons.
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American Defenders of Land, Sea & Sky A Young Nation Divided The Civil War (1861-1865) |
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Watervliet Arsenal The Army built Watervliet Arsenal in 1813, then added this iron storehouse in 1859. Large quantities of raw materials could now be kept on hand, and weapons production could be increased. For example, a new bullet press was able to make 33,000 bullets a day instead of 290,000 a month. With the fall of Fort Sumter and the start of the Civil War in 1861, the arsenal went into full swing. It produced gun shot, cast balls, and cannon carriages, then shipped them out on the Hudson River and by railroad to Union forts. Of the 2,000 employees at Watervliet Arsenal, 500 were children! They filled bulet carriages with gun powder. Today, the iron storehouse is an ordnance museum. |
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