Selma in Dallas County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Arsenal Place
1862 CSA 1865
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, November 6, 2010
1. Arsenal Place Marker
This memorial marks the site of the Arsenal, a unit of the Great Ordnance Works in Selma destroyed by the Union Army April 6, 1865.
These ordnance works stood second only to those of Richmond in the manufacture of war materials for the Confederate States of America.
The work of the several thousand men, women, and children who served at the Arsenal has passed into History.
May this Memorial kindle anew in succeeding generations a patriotism founded on the knowledge of the deeds of their forefathers, whose courage, heroism and self-denial won the admiration of the world.
Captain Catesby ap R. Jones,
Commander of Ordnance Works.
Lieutenant Colonel James L. White,
Commandant at Arsenal.
Colonel J. C. Moore,
Commandant at Arsenal.
Major J. C. Compton,
Assistant Commandant at Arsenal.
Captain John E. Logwood,
Keeper of Military Stores.
Lieutenant Rittenhouse Moore,
Inspector of Ammunition.
Captain R. M. Nelson,
Inspector of Ammunition.
Captain N. D. Cross,
General Supt. Of the Laboratory.
Captain J. L. Watters,
Inspector of Artillery Equipments.
Lieutenant Portlock,
Inspector of All Iron Works
Erected
this page online
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1917.
Location. 32° 24.349′ N, 87° 1.29′ W. Marker is in Selma, Alabama, in Dallas County. It is at the intersection of Arsenal Place and Church Street on Arsenal Place. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Selma AL 36701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Selma Army Arsenal (a few steps from this marker); Ecor Bienville (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Federal Building and U.S. Court House (about 500 feet away); Edmund Winston Pettus House Site (about 500 feet away); Lieutenant John Tillman Melvin (about 500 feet away); Burning of Downtown (about 700 feet away); The Sleeping Prophet (about 700 feet away); 'Bloody Sunday' Attack at Edmund Pettus Bridge / U.S. Congress Approves Voting Rights Act of 1965 (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Selma.
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Selma Movement (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, November 6, 2010
2. Arsenal Place Left Marker
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, November 6, 2010
3. Arsenal Place Markers
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, November 6, 2010
4. Arsenal Place Markers
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,891 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 7, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
