List of Confederate arms manufacturers

This is a list of Confederate arms manufacturers. The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by thirteen Southern states that had declared their secession from the United States. The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. Companies appearing in this list were manufacturers of arms within the Confederate States.

Arms manufacturers

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Company Location Founded Products Output & Production Numbers
Alexander, John & Co Charleston, South Carolina Lightfoot Arms, Atlanta Georgia
Athens Steam Company Athens, Georgia experimental Double-barreled cannon
Atlanta Machine Works Atlanta, Georgia 1848 Ordnance, rifled cannons
Augusta Machine Works Augusta, Georgia Revolvers
Leech & Rigdon Augusta, Georgia Produced a variant of the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver Or "Leech & Rigdon"
Bellona Arsenal Midlothian, Virginia 1810 Artillery
Bilharz, Hall see Hodgkins
Boyle & Gamble Virginia Bayonets, knives and swords
Carruth Armory Greenville, South Carolina 1819 .69 caliber Flint Lock Smooth Bore Harpers/Ferry Style Muskets. over 3032 made in 1819, Many converted to percussion Cap for Civil War
C. Chapman Nashville, Tennessee .54 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines Less than 100
Cameron & Company Charleston, South Carolina Rifles Also "Cameron, Taylor, & Johnson"
Churchill & Sons Columbiana, Alabama Artillery
Columbus Columbus, Georgia .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 183
College Hill Arsenal Nashville, Tennessee Swords and cavalry sabres
Confederate States Armory Kenansville, North Carolina 1863 Various edged weapons, lances and equipment 3,700 lance spears, 6,500 bayonets, 11,700 cavalry sabers,
2,700 officers sabers, 600 naval cutlasses,
800 artillery cutlasses[1]
Congaree Foundry Columbia, South Carolina
Cook & Brother New Orleans, Louisiana (before 1863), Athens, Georgia (1863-1866) Various rifles, bayonets 3,800-4,000 rifles, of them 1,000 .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines
Davis & Bozeman Elmore, Alabama .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 90
Dickson, Nelson & Co. Adairsville, Georgia,
Macon, Georgia,
Dawson, Georgia
Rifles and carbines 3,600 total for all rifles and carbines (.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines)
J. M. Eason Bros. Charleston, South Carolina
Fayetteville Arsenal Fayetteville, North Carolina Rifles
Georgia State Armory Milledgeville, Georgia 1863 Rifles, cartridges, artillery equipment
Wm. Glaze & Co. Columbia, South Carolina Rifles Sometimes stamped his work with this name and sometimes “Palmetto Armory.”
Griswold & Gunnison Griswoldville, Georgia 1862 Produced a variant of the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver 3,700 Griswold & Gunnison revolvers[2]
Hodgkins Macon, Georgia,
Pittsylvania, Virginia
.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 400 to 700
Hyde & Goodrich New Orleans, Louisiana Rifles
H. C. Lamb Jamestown, North Carolina .50 and .58 caliber percussion breech-loading carbines 532
Maynard see Perry by Keen, Walker. Not to be confused with northern Maynard of Chicopee Falls, MA
W. S. McElwaine Holly Springs, Mississippi Rifles
Mendenhall, James & Gardner Greensboro, North Carolina Rifles Contract with N. C. government for 10,000 rifles. Marks, “M. J. & G.”
Montgomery Arsenal Montgomery, Alabama 1861 Rifles (1864)
Morse Augusta, Georgia,
Columbia, South Carolina
Carbines
George W. Morse Greenville, South Carolina .50 caliber breech-loading carbines 1,000
Murdoch Morrison Gun Factory Laurel Hill, North Carolina Rifles [3]
J. P. Murray Columbus, Georgia .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines Est. 1,000
Noble Bros. & Co Rome, Alabama 1855 Various artillery pieces, artillery equipment
Palmetto Iron Works Columbia, South Carolina 1850 Model 1842 musket with bayonets, M1841 Mississippi Rifle, M1842 dragoon pistol, M1840 Cavalry saber, M1840 light artillery sabers, 10-inch shells, various small arms and ordnance
J. C. Peck Atlanta, Georgia Specialty, rampart rifles
Perry by Keen, Walker Danville, Virginia .54 caliber percussion breech-loading carbines 280
T. W. Radcliffe Columbia, South Carolina Rifles Both maker and importer
Richmond Armory
(VA Manufactory of Arms)
Richmond, Virginia 1861 (1798) Variants of the Richmond rifle 31,000 rifles
5,400 carbines
1,350 short rifles
Thomas Riggins Knoxville, Tennessee Rifles
S. C. Robinson Arms Manufactory (Samuel C. Robinson) Richmond, Virginia Produced a variant of the M1859 Sharps carbine ca. 3,000 .52 caliber Sharps carbines. Marks, “Robinson Arms Co.”
Selma Naval Foundry & Ironworks
(Selma Arsenal & Gun Works)
Selma, Alabama 1861 Iron plating, Brooke rifled cannon, ironclad ships over 70 Brooke rifles
Shakanoosa Arms Mfg. Co. Rifles
Shelby Iron Company Shelby, Alabama 1842 Iron plating
SC State Military Works Greenville, South Carolina 1861 Also "State Rifle Works"
Spiller & Burr Macon, Georgia Rifles
Samuel Sutherland Richmond, Virginia Rifles
Tallassee Tallassee, Alabama .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 500
Tarpley, Garrett & Co
(Confederate Arms Factory)
Greensboro, North Carolina Tarpley carbine ca. 400 Tarpley carbines
George Todd Austin, Texas Rifles
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond, Virginia 1841 Various artillery pieces including the Brooke rifle, iron plating ca. 1,100 artillery pieces
Tyler Arsenal Tyler, Texas Rifles Marks, “Texas Rifle. Tyler, C. S.”
Union Mfg. Co. Richmond, Virginia Rifles G. P. Sloat, formerly of Philadelphia, Supt.
Virginia Manufactory Richmond, Virginia Rifles
See
  1. Firearms in American History by Charles Winthrop Sawyer, Vol. 3 (Our Rifles), 1920, pp. 219-220.
  2. Civil War Guns and Weapons at thomaslegion.net
  3. Civil War Artillery: Confederate Manufacturers

Sources

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  1. ^ "Confederate States Armory - Kenansvlle, NC - Civil War Discovery Trail Sites on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  2. ^ "Shotdoc - Home".
  3. ^ "Murdoch Morrison Civil War Gun Factory". waymarking.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

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