Charlotte center city in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023
1. Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte Marker (front)
Inscription.
Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte. . [Front] The navy shield affixed to this monument was originally installed on the wall of the Seaboard Airline Railway freight depot, one of the several buildings that was part of the C.S. naval ordnance works, located on the S.W corner of E. Trade and College Streets. The marker was given and dedicated June 3, 1910, by the Stonewall Jackson Chapter #220, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Anna Morrison Stonewall Jackson founding chapter president, was present for the dedication in May 1862. Most of the ordnance machinery, lathes, tools, rifles and ammunition of the Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, were relocated to Charlotte as Federal forces moved to occupy the Norfolk-Portsmouth area. The Confederates needed an inland city, well connected to rail transportation. Some of the many items manufactured at the several ovens, foundries and machine shops that covered an extensive area over 300 yards in length alongside the railroad, were naval gun carriages, projectiles for cannon for gunboats and coastal batteries, anchors, rifles, torpedoes, marine engines and propeller shafts for the C.S.S. Albemarle, C.S.S Virginia II, C.S.S. Raleigh and other ironclads built in Charleston, Wilmington and Savannah. Several prominent naval officers commanded the facility at different times, among them Capt. Richard L. Page (later of Fort Morgan fame), Capt. Catesby ap R. Jones (of C.S.S. Virginia fame), and chief engineer H. Ashton Ramsay (also of C.S.S. Virginia fame). In late April 1865, a company of 60 uniformed and armed navy yard workmen escorted President Jefferson Davis' wife, children and the Confederate treasury to Abbeville, S.C. before returning to Charlotte. An additional 240 workmen served as guards for the navy yard and other facilities, prior to the occupation by Federal forces. , [Back] This photograph is of the Seaboard Airline freight depot as it appeared during the Confederate reunion of June, 1929. It is one of the many buildings the comprised the ld= Confederate Navy Yard. The Navy Yard shield, dedicated in 1910, can be seen on the middle right side of the building next to the raised parking lot.
[Front] The navy shield affixed to this monument was originally installed on the
wall of the Seaboard Airline Railway freight depot, one of the several
buildings that was part of the C.S. naval ordnance works, located on the
S.W corner of E. Trade and College Streets. The marker was given and
dedicated June 3, 1910, by the Stonewall Jackson Chapter #220, United
Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Anna Morrison Stonewall Jackson
founding chapter president, was present for the dedication in May 1862.
Most of the ordnance machinery, lathes, tools, rifles and ammunition of the
Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, were relocated to Charlotte as
Federal forces moved to occupy the Norfolk-Portsmouth area. The
Confederates needed an inland city, well connected to rail transportation.
Some of the many items manufactured at the several ovens, foundries and
machine shops that covered an extensive area over 300 yards in length
alongside the railroad, were naval gun carriages, projectiles for cannon
for gunboats and coastal batteries, anchors, rifles, torpedoes, marine
engines and propeller shafts for the C.S.S.
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Albemarle, C.S.S Virginia II, C.S.S. Raleigh and other ironclads built in Charleston, Wilmington and Savannah.
Several prominent naval officers commanded the facility at different times,
among them Capt. Richard L. Page (later of Fort Morgan fame), Capt. Catesby
ap R. Jones (of C.S.S. Virginia fame), and chief engineer H. Ashton Ramsay
(also of C.S.S. Virginia fame). In late April 1865, a company of 60 uniformed
and armed navy yard workmen escorted President Jefferson Davis' wife,
children and the Confederate treasury to Abbeville, S.C. before returning
to Charlotte. An additional 240 workmen served as guards for the navy
yard and other facilities, prior to the occupation by Federal forces.
[Back] This photograph is of the Seaboard Airline freight depot as it appeared during the Confederate reunion of June, 1929. It is one of the many buildings the comprised the ld=
Confederate Navy Yard. The Navy Yard shield, dedicated in 1910, can be seen on the middle right side of the building next to the raised parking lot.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1865.
Location. 35° 14.12′ N,
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023
2. Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte Marker (back)
80° 50.792′ W. Marker is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. It is in Charlotte center city. It can be reached from West 6th Street 0.2 miles west of North Graham Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is in the Confederate section of Elmwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 700 W 6th St, Charlotte NC 28202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Also see . . . 1. Charlotte Navy Yard. Charlotte became one of the Confederate navy's most important manufacturing centers during the Civil War. The incongruity of a landlocked city housing a navy yard is explained by its location in North Carolina, where it was relatively safe from potential Federal activity. (By Dan Blair, Encyclopedia of North Carolina, 2006; via NCpedia) (Submitted on December 9, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. The Confederate States Naval Yard at Charlotte 1862-1865. A history of the facility by Violet G. Alexander, a United Daughters of the Confederacy member, that originally appeared in the Charlotte News on June 5, 1910, just after the U.D.C. unveiled the naval yard marker. (reprinted
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 11, 2023
4. Confederate Navy Yard Charlotte Marker
in Southern Historical Society Papers, edited by James I. Robertson; via Internet Archive) (Submitted on December 9, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 7, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 488 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on December 7, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3. submitted on December 9, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 4. submitted on December 7, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
