Texas CS Arsenal....

[Ken Knopp]

Hey, saw this on the other Reenacting forum but it deserves some attention here. Being the CS Arsenal "junkie" that I am this is quite unique. There are very, very few war time photographs of CS arsenals, etc.
Correct me if I am wrong here but ....."reputedly" this is of a "Texas Arsenal". It came out of an old Texas photographic collection. Anyway, I note the Longhorn steers and Spanish Moss as some evidence of its origins however, what also makes it neat are the other parts of the image- clothing, hats, the mule with harness, images of Negroes as workers, etc. Maybe someone more skilled than I can get this image digitalized.

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/jtx&CISOSTART=1,1

Ken R Knopp

[ScottCross]

Re: Texas CS Arsenal....

The description from the Lawrence T. Jones collection describes it as a Foundery, not an arsenal. Here's a direct link to the image and the catalog information:

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/jtx&CISOPTR=362&CISOBOX=1&REC=14

I'm not sure why they are calling it Confederate, unless because they have tentatively identified it as dating to 1864. I can see no one in uniform.

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fjtx&CISOPTR=362&DMSCALE=50&DMWIDTH=1000&DMHEIGHT=1000&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMX=347&DMY=173&DMTEXT=%2520confederate&DMTHUMB=1&REC=14&DMROTATE=0&x=465&y=348

[Joe Walker]

Re: Texas CS Arsenal....

I am going to guess this could be Marshall, Texas


Joe Walker

[Old Reb]

Re: Texas CS Arsenal....

There was a foundry in Hempstead, Texas. As Joe wrote, there was a foundry in Marshall, Texas. There was also a foundry in Oil City, Texas but it wasn't established until 1866. The presents of Spain Moss in the trees would probably mean the foundry was somewhere in East Texas.

[Mcouioui]

Re: Texas CS Arsenal....

This photo is magnificent and twice as magnificent by the poses of the lads on the roof, there is of humor in their pose I think.

[tmdreb]

Re: Texas CS Arsenal....

The first time I was shown this image, I was also shown what was purportedly the "before" image of the groundbreaking of the site. The "before" image did indeed show men in both civilian and CS military garb, as well as some big oak trees and Spanish Moss. Apparently, that image isn't part of this collection.

[LWebster]

Re: Texas CS Arsenal....

Larry Jones has an incredible ability to come up with absolutely unique images. Thanks for putting this up here, Ken.

Notice the steer horns tossed up on the roof. The young guy on the far right of the roof doesn't seem to have shoes on and his one pants leg is hitched way far up. Quite a rough crew.

Lon