History UnderfootAtlanta
  • Industry
  • Civil War
  • 1862–1864
  • Location approximate

Confederate Arsenal (Walton & Peachtree)

The Confederate arsenal stood at the northwest corner of Walton and Peachtree streets, one of several war industries that made Atlanta a target.

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The record

Atlanta's war industry included the arsenal, the rolling mill, which rolled armor plate and rails, a Confederate pistol factory, the Naval Ordnance Works (gun carriages and 7-inch shells), the Atlanta Machine Works, whose cannon were rifled at the Western & Atlantic roundhouse, and the Winship and other foundries. Whatever remained of these plants was burned or razed by Poe's engineers in November. The corner is downtown commercial land.