South Carolina. State Military Works
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found: NUCMC data from South Carolina Hist. Soc. for James R. Smith family papers, 1832-ca. 1940s(South Carolina State Military Works in Greenville, S.C.; collection contains papers of Smith relating to the Military Works during and after the Civil War, including the disposition of the property of the Military Works)
found: Civil War Artillery WWW, Feb. 11, 2008(State Military Works, Greenville, S.C.; the State Military Works was put in operation in late 1862 and by early 1863 employed 75 hands in the manufacture of breech loading small arms; unclear if any materials cast at the Works)
found: Springfield Armory Museum WWW, Feb. 11, 2008(under Carbine; Morse, George W.; Morse went to South Carolina after 25 Feb. 1862 and became connected with the State Military Works at Greenville; the State Works was a S.C. state venture, with no direct connection with Confederate Ordnance, and none of the arms made there were ever issued directly to Confederate soldiers, but instead, went to State Militia; machinery at the State Works came from Nashville, Charlestown, S.C. [sic], and some from Harper's Ferry via "loan" from the State of Virginia)
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2008-02-11: new
2008-02-12: revised
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