Josiah Gorgas
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Josiah Gorgas was the head of the Confederate States of America Ordance Bureau in the American Civil War, responsible for procuring weapons and ammunition for the Confederate armies; he was a brigadie
Josiah Gorgas
Frankford Arsenal
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The Frankford Arsenal is a former United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of the original course of Frankford
Josiah Gorgas
…foundry during the Civil War. Gorgas went on to serve at the Mount Vernon Arsenal north of Mobile, Alabama beginning in 1853. He was commanding the Frankford Arsenal when he resigned from the United States Army on March 21, 1861 (effective April 3), in order to join the Confederacy. In the years prior to the Civil…
Frankford Arsenal made .45 Colt cartridges
A .50 caliber cartridge case with the Frankford Arsenal headstamp