When the conflict began in April 1861,
leaders on both sides were unprepared
to wage a long war. The Confederacy's
industrial capacity was especially lacking,
and munitions of all types were scarce.
Initial stores of gunpowder . . . — — Map (db m32882) HM
(West side)
This
Obelisk-Chimney,
Sole remnant of the extensive
powder-works here erected
under the auspices of the
Confederate Government.
Is, by the Confederate
Survivors Association
of Augusta, with . . . — — Map (db m32871) HM
In August, 1864, a violent explosion destroyed the granulating building of the Augusta Powder Works, one of the 28 buildings of the Confederacy’s massive gunpowder mill along Augusta Canal. Eight men and a boy died when 18,000 pounds of gunpowder . . . — — Map (db m53946) HM
