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

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
Beech & Rigdon	Augusta, Georgia		Rifles	Or "Leech & Rigdon"
Bellona Arsenal	Midlothian, Virginia	1810	Artillery
Bilharz, Hall	see Hodgkins
Boyle & Gamble	Virginia		Bayonets, knives and swords
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. G. Robinson Arms Manufactory	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 Firearms in American History by Charles Winthrop Sawyer, Vol. 3 (Our Rifles), 1920, pp. 219-220. Civil War Guns and Weapons at thomaslegion.net Civil War Artillery: Confederate Manufacturers

Sources

1. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB9AT_Confederate_States_Armory_Kenansvlle_NC
2. http://www.shotdoc.com/Griswold.asp
3. "Murdoch Morrison Civil War Gun Factory". waymarking.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

See also

• List of weapons in the American Civil War
• Rifles in the American Civil War
• Field artillery in the American Civil War
• Siege artillery in the American Civil War

External links

• Cook & Brother Confederate Armory historical marker