Arsenal Place - Selma, AL - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

Sign text: (right side plaque)

CSA
1862-1865

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.

Left side plaque:

CSA

1862-1865

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

Group that erected the marker: The Alabama Division United Daughters of the Confederacy. Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: 3 Church Street Selma, AL USA 36701 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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