St. Louis Arsenal
1827 to 1872
Located in St. Louis, Missouri. Served as a site for manufacturing, assembling, and distributing small arms, artillery, and ammunition. During the secession crisis and at the start of the Civil War, most of the munitions were transferred to armories outside of Missouri.
Bibliography
St. Louis Arsenal: Armory of the West (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001).
Citation
St. Louis Arsenal. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197251 (November 12, 2026).
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