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THE TREDEGAR IRON-WORKS

Harper's Weekly, August 5, 1865, page 490 (Article and Illustration)

On page 493 we give an illustration of the Tredegar Iron-Works at Richmond, which during the rebellion were the principal source from which the insurgent armies were supplied with ordnance. During the very earliest stage of the war the reliance of the Southern armies for ordnance and small-arms rested mainly upon the hope of a European supply. Nor were they entirely disappointed in this expectation, as will be evident from a careful survey of Southern ordnance which has fallen into our hands. But as the war went on it soon became apparent that blockade-running could not supply the rebel armies with arms. Among the armories which sprung up to supply the deficiency none was so important as the Tredegar Works at Richmond. There were other armories at Atlanta and Augusta, but those at Richmond were always the most celebrated for the excellence and facility of production. Recently we find that the Tredegar Works have been confiscated under the $20,000 exception to the amnesty proclamation.

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