Site of Confederate Arms Factory
Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Established by N. B. Tanner in 1862 for the manufacture of guns and bayonets. Continued in operation until 1865.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In 1862, as the Confederacy scrambled to arm itself, N. B. Tanner established a factory at Bastrop to manufacture guns and bayonets for the war effort. It operated until the Confederacy's collapse in 1865. Such small, improvised arms works reflected the South's chronic struggle to supply its armies.
Why it matters
Home-front arms factories like this one reveal the industrial desperation of the Confederacy, which never matched the North's capacity to equip its soldiers.
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Related people
- · N. B. Tanner
Related events
- · American Civil War
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