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Historical Marker
Confederate Arms Factory
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About this site
Confederate Arms Factory is a historical marker in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3361, -95.3060 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Woman's Building (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Tyler Confederate Ordnance Plant, Gary Elementary School, and Rudolph Bergfeld.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5423007714. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Confederate Arms Factory in Tyler grew from an 1862 contract in which the firm of Short, Biscoe and Company agreed to supply the State of Texas with 5,000 guns. When materials and labor fell short, the contract was annulled in 1863 and the equipment sold to the Confederate government, which ran it as the Tyler ordnance works, turning out roughly 2,200 rifles, repairing thousands of weapons, and producing millions of cartridges with a workforce of about 200 men and boys. The original marker was erected in 1936.
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