Confederate Laboratory
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
Confederate Laboratory. Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S.
Erected by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The Story
In 1863, as the Confederacy struggled to supply its armies and hospitals under Union blockade, a medical laboratory was established here under Dr. A.S. Piggott to manufacture pharmaceuticals for the Southern war effort. With imported medicines cut off, such facilities became vital to treating sick and wounded soldiers. The laboratory operated until the war's end in 1865, and its remains lie two miles south.
Why it matters
The laboratory reflects how the Confederacy improvised a home-front medical and industrial base under blockade, a lesser-known dimension of the Civil War.
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