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 eleven 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.
Company | Location | Founded | Description | Production |
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Alexander, John & Co | Charleston, South Carolina | |||
Cameron & Company | Charleston, South Carolina | |||
Cameron, Taylor, & Johnson | Charleston, South Carolina | |||
Congaree Foundry | Columbia, South Carolina | |||
Cook & Brother | Athens, Georgia | |||
J. M. Eason Bros. | Charleston, South Carolina | |||
Palmetto Iron Works | Columbia, South Carolina | 1850 | Produced various small arms and ordnance.
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George W. Morse | Greenville, South Carolina | |||
S. C. Robinson Arms Manufactory | Richmond, Virginia | Produced a variant of the M1859 Sharps carbine | Produced approximately 3,000 Sharps Carbines during the war | |
State Military Works | Greenville, South Carolina | 1861 | ||
Tarpley, Garrett & Co | Greensboro, North Carolina |
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