2021-05 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2021
War-date Confederate Letter from J.W. Mallet, Major, 2pp. quarto, February 8, 1864, C.S. Gun Trial Laboratory, Macon, Georgia, being a retained copy, it reads in part: "...It has been permanently ordered by the Chf of Ordn. that he only pattern of cartridges to be used with my...loading rifle small arms shall be that known as the English pattern of Enfield cartridge. It is important that the troops should be tough to load this cartridge properly..." Followed with instructions on how to accomplish that. Very good condition. Macon Arsenal (1862-1865) - A Confederate arsenal established in 1862 during the U.S. Civil War in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Captured and destroyed in 1865 by Union forces under General James Wilson. The Confederate government purchased the Findlay Iron Works for use as the Macon Arsenal and began producing ordnance there on 10 May 1862. The arsenal was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Cuyler. The arsenal produced 6 and 12-pounder cannons and later Napoleons and Parrot cannons. General William T. Sherman bypassed Macon on his march to the sea. The arsenal continued in operation until Macon and the Macon Arsenal were captured in April 1865 by Union forces under General James Wilson.
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