Augusta Arsenal 1941

(Campus of Augusta State University)

The towers,

part of the 1941

construction for

World War II, was

home to the optical shop

and was used for testing

instruments that ensured the

accuracy of artillery fire.

Observing objects at known

distances on the horizon, instruments

could be tested for accuracy and ...

Augusta Arsenal

(Augusta State University)

In January 1861,

U.S. Troops

surrendered the

Arsenal to the State of

Georgia, soon to be part

of the Confederacy. That

year Confederates

constructed a large shop building

near the eastern wall to house

several functions: Part was a hospital

part was a storehouse, and the ...

Augusta College Three Original Arsenal Buildings

East face

In 1973, Augusta College named three of the

original arsenal buildings in honor of

commandants of the arsenal. Payne Hall,

storehouse and later headquarters for the

arsenal and administrative building for the

university, was named for Matthew Payne,

first commandant of the arsenal ...

The Augusta Arsenal

A "great arsenal of construction..."

On January 24, 1861 five days after

Georgia's secession from the Union,

Governor Joseph E. Brown accepted

the surrender of the United States Arsenal at

Augusta from Captain Arnold Elzey. {Picture

included} Brown rejected Elzey's request

that his troops be allowed ...

The Augusta Arsenal

For a period of 128 years until its abandonment in 1955, a United States Arsenal was located on a tract comprising approxiamately 70 acres lying South and West of this spot. An "arsenal at Augusta" to aid the state in ...