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...1 at the beginning of the [[U.S. Civil War]] by Confederate Major [[Josiah Gorgas]] on Byrd Island in Richmond, Virginia. Initially established as a state ar ...erate Richmond with a significant supply of Federal rifles and ammunition. Gorgas, who had served in every U.S. arsenal, became the Chief of Ordnance for the ...

...o Confederate Richmond with a significant supply of rifles and ammunition. Gorgas, who had served in every U.S. arsenal, became the Chief of Ordnance for the ...

...e the start of the war. The Confederate Chief of Ordnance, Major [[Josiah Gorgas]], had the arsenal enlarged and modernized with the installation of steam p ...