Depot Names.

[Vuhginyuh]

What are the official names of the Southern Depots? Is there a list already compiled that I can access?

[Clark Badgett]

Re: Depot Names.

Just about any sizable town in the south seemed to have some sort of wartime manufactory, and often times called depots of some sort or another.

[SCTiger]

Re: Depot Names.

This is a good question, were depots reagrded as "store houses" or were they regarded as manufactory? An ammuntion depot in modern miltary lingo would indicate a stockpile of ammunition, but not the place where the ammuntion was made. Same goes for train depot, fuel depot, etc. The South had dedicated Arsenals, Clothing Bureaus, Factories, powder works, laboratories and foundry's.
I believe that once these items were produced thay were then sent to the quartemasters at the various depots for distribution to the Army.

By labeling certain equipment as the "Columbus Depot" jacket or the "Richmond Depot" jacket, are we indicating a central location were this stuff was made or are we indicating a supply terminal (depot) where the gear was inspected and sent to the troops?

If it is possible, I would like to see all future equipment designations reflect their actual point of origin, rather than the point of distribution. I personally don't believe that depots made anything. I could be wrong on this!

[marlin teat]

Re: Depot Names.

I'd also like to see a more precise point of origin but I don't think it's going to be practical. As an example the so-called "Atlanta depot" articles were farmed out to just about any community along the railroad line. Microfilms of the Rome Tri-Weekly Courier mention uniform packages being distributed at the Rome depot, the Kingston depot, and the Manassas (Cassville) depot. And this is just along a seventeen mile spur line of the Western & Atlantic R.R. In addition many of the packages sent to Rome were loaded on riverboats and sent as far as Blue Mountain (present day Anniston, Ala.) to be sewn.

[GDownie]

Re: Depot Names.

If you have not done so yet, you might try:
http://www.military-historians.org/c...federate-1.htm This is a link to The Company of Military Historians site and specifically an article by Les Jensen entitled A Survey of Confederate Central Government Quartermaster Issue Jackets. This covers jackets and deals with tracing surviving examples back to probable issuing source(s). Given the cottage industry nature of CS supply this article is not meant to be all inclusive, but it is a good starting point for general depot locations or a good addition to support other info found during your quest.

[Vuhginyuh]

Re: Depot Names.

Gordon,
Thank you very much.

[Tom Ezell]

Re: Depot Names.

What are the official names of the Southern Depots? Is there a list already compiled that I can access?

Confederate quartermaster clothing depots operated, at one time or another, at Richmond, VA, Nashville, TN, Athens, Atlanta, and Columbus, GA, Charleston, SC, Mobile, AL, Little Rock, AR, Shreveport, LA, and Houston, TX.

Ordnance establishments were set up in the Regulations, and were listed at:

NAMES OF ORDNANCE STATIONS POST OFFICE
Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory, Fayetteville, N.C.
Richmond Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Richmond, Va.
Augusta Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Augusta, Ga.
Baton Rouge Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Baton Rouge. La.
Charleston Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Charleston, S.C.
Mt. Vernon Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Mt. Vernon, Ala.
Apalachicola Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Chatahoochie, Fla.
Texas Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; San Antonio, Texas
Little Rock Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Little Rock, Ark.
Savannah Depot, Armory, and Laboratory; Savannah, Ga.
Montgomery Depot, Armory, and Laboratory; Montgomery, Ala.
Nashville Arsenal, Armory, and Laboratory; Nashville, Tenn.
Government Powder Works; Augusta, Ga.

Tom

[Vuhginyuh]

Re: Depot Names.

Any official references for Charlotte or Raleigh?
Thanks to all.

[rmassella]

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Staunton Virginia also had a Depot

The Staunton Depot

[Fod]

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"CIRCULAR. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE,
Richmond, March 24, 1863.
....
1st. The following-named States will constitute separate purchasing districts, and the officers herein designated will have, respectively, in each the exclusive control, in person or through subordinates, of all purchases of supplies needed by this department:
1. Virginia, Lieut. Col. L. Smith, Richmond.
2. Korth Carolina, Maj. W. W. Pierce, Raleigh.
3. South Carolina, Maj. Hutson Lee, Charleston.
4. Georgia, Maj. T. T. Winnemore, Augusta.
5. Alabama, Maj. J. L. Calhoun, Montgomery.
6. Mississippi, Maj. L. Mims, Jackson.
7. Florida, Maj. H. R. Teasdale, Lake City.
8. Louisiana, Maj. G. W. Grice, Alexandria.
9. Texas, Maj. S. Hart, San Antonio.
10. Arkansas and Missouri, Maj. J. B. Burton, Little Rock.
11. Tennessee and Kentucky, Maj. James Glover, Knoxville.

...4th. Main depots of supplies will be established at Richmond and Staunton, Va., Raleigh, IN~ C., Columbus, Atlanta, and Augusta, Ga., Huntsville and Montgomery, Ala., Jackson, Miss., Alexandria, La., Little Rock, Ark., , Tenn., San Antonio, Tex., or elsewhere, as may hereafter be indicated. These will not be subject to the orders of commanding generals, but will be under the exclusive control of the Quartermaster-General, and issues there from will be made only on requisitions approved by him. Minor depots may be established by the principal purchasing officers at such other points within their districts as the necessities of the service may require, and their locations will be reported from time to time to this office...."

[tmattimore]

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Greg
Both the Maj. Cunningham letter and payroll records from Richmond indicate that at the least shoes were being made in both Richmond and Atlanta.Much of the work may have been done by piece workers but both depots had cutting staffs. Maj Cunningham details his machinery also. His request for shoemakers on detachment from the AOT probably went unheeded but it is clear he had some in house. His estimates of a possible production of 40,000 or more per month are clearly blue sky but his issues show that he was doing at least 4,000 per per month for a while.