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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 ...
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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 ...
