Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island Arsenal

Author: George Eaton

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439648735

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In July 1862, Pres. Abraham Lincoln signed legislation to create Rock Island Arsenal, envisioning a supply and maintenance facility. After the Civil War, Rock Island became home to a great national arsenal. It made everything soldiers needed and supplied saddles, rifles, canteens, haversacks, artillery, tanks, and ammunition to the Army on the frontier and around the world. Rock Island Arsenal, located on an island in the Mississippi River, has long been the center of the local Illinois-Iowa community and the largest employer in the area. Beginning as a modest wooden fort, the arsenal grew to become the largest public-works project of the 19th century, the home of a National Historic Landmark, and the host of numerous historical events. Rock Island Arsenal still bustles as a center of Army logistics and is critical to sustaining the nations armed forces in peace and war.

Rock Island Arsenal, in Peace and in War
Rock Island Arsenal, in Peace and in War

Author: Benjamin Franklin Tillinghast

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-22

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780266586371

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Excerpt from Rock Island Arsenal, in Peace and in War: With Maps and Illustrations As the fort neared completion the Indians showed a disposition to be more friendly, though the Soldiers, num bering about six hundred, were watchful of attacks. We did not object to their building the fort on the Island. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.