Confederate Powderworks

The obelisk chimney on the grounds of Sibley Mill is the only remaining structure from the original Confederate Powderworks.

The Confederate Powderworks (a.k.a. the Augusta Powderworks) was a gunpowder factory during the American Civil War, the only permanent structures completed by the Confederate States of America.[1] Colonel George Washington Rains chose the old United States Arsenal site between the Augusta Canal and Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia, as a secure inland location with good rail and water connections.

  1. ^ Bragg, C. L. (2001) "The Augusta powder works: The Confederacy's manufacturing triumph", American Rifleman 149(5), pp 58.

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