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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

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MississippiCOUN T Yr

MarshallFOR NPS USE ONLY

EN TRY NUMBER

APR 1 1 1972

Confederate Armory SiteAND/OR HISTORIC:: (Jones-McElwain and Company Iron Foundry)

Confederate Armory and Feaeral Hospital Si

STREET AND NUMBER:

Section 32. Township 3 South, Range 2 WestCITY OR TOWN:

Holly Springs

Mississippi 38635CODE COUNTY:

Marshall 093

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Mr. J. M 0 AshSTREET AND NUMBER:

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Holly Springs Mississippi 38635 28

COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC:

Chancery Clerk's Off ice, Marshall County nnnrt-houseSTREET AND NUMBER:

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6. REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

Holly Springs Mississippi 38635 28

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DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

The Confederate Armory complex at Holly Springs was comprised of several buildings, one of which was large enough to contain six rooms, each 200 feet long. Also on the site were several smaller structures, referred to as "outhouses" by the medical officer in charge of the Federal hospital.

After General Earl Van Dorn's troopers burned the buildings, the rubble was left as it had fallen until August, 1971. At that time the site was cleared for the erection of portable buildings to be utilized in a local Headstart project, but the buildings were subsequently relocated as a result of the efforts of the Marshall County Historical Society. During the grading work, foundation walls and a brick floor were uncovered. Among the debris removed from the surface were numerous particles of Civil War medicine bottles melted by the burning of the building.

The base of the huge foundry chimney remains in place, and evidence of the ponds which held water for the plant operations is still discernible. Much of the site is still covered by silt and a thick growth of underbrush.

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Jones-McElwain and Company Iron Foundry was established in 1859 at Holly Springs, Mississippi. £rior to the Civil War, the company manufactured iron railings, plantation iron, ornamental iron for the fronts of stores and homes, as well as fences and railroad forgings. In 1861, the firm became an armory, accepting a contract with the Confederate government to produce 20,000 rifles of the Mississippi rifle design (U.S. Model 1841) and 10,000 muskets of the U.S. Model 1842 design. The company also contracted with the State of Mississippi for the delivery of 5,000 rifles

An advancement of $40,000.00 from the Confederacy was made to the Jones-McElwain and Company in order that it could purchase the necessary machinery for the production of these arms. While this machinery was being obtained, the firm accepted thousands of sporting and old military arms for repairing and converting for military use.

There are no known arms bearing the markings of Jones-McElwain or Holly Springs existing; therefore, it is believed that the firm was only able to repair and convert arms, before they were in danger of being overrun by the Federals after the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. In view of this danger, the machinery was sold to the Confederate Gov ernment for the sum of $150,000.00 and moved to Macon, Georgia, with the arms on hand being sent to Grenada, Mississippi.

On November 13, 1862, the Federal forces move»d into Holly Springs. Federal Medical Director Horace R. Wirtz utilized the large buildings of the armory for a Federal base hospital and for storage of the vast medical supplies of the Federals.

At /dawn on the morning of December 20, 1862, General Earl Van Dorn's Confederate cavalry made a daring raid on the town for the express purpose of destroying the millions of dollars worth of United States supplies stored in Holly Springs

5|gl|||m:l;riî;^RAPHJCAL REFERENCES.. -;:; : ' > .• A\A: A< 'mAA'''ÂÂ:A^

Hartje, Robert. "Van Dorn Conducts a Raid on Holly Springs and Enters Tennessee." Publications of The TennesseeHistorical society and The Tennessee Historical Cominlssion.XVIII (June, 1959), pp. 125-125.

Rebellion Record, 1862-63. Doc. 79 : "Surrender oMiss.," December 22, 1862, Democrat, pp. 276-281.

Register and Advertiser (Mobile)

as reported in t)f Holly Springs, tie Missouri

January 7, 1863.

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William C. Wright, HistorianORG ANl ZATI ON

Mississippi Department of Archives and HistorySTREET AND NUMBER:

P. O. Box 571CITY OH TOWN:

JacksonTO;:; MAîllifMSON OFFICER cERftFtcA-| ION;

As the designated State Liaison Officer for the 1 Na tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion

in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is:

National &} State [X Local iXj

R. A. McLemore Title Director, Miss. Department

of Archives and History

Bate December 9, 1971_ . ... ._. ._. _ ______ . _______________

STATE

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Mississippi 39205 28NATIONAL REGISTER VEfiiFi^tliN

I hereby certify that this property is included in the

National Register.

Chi\f-,"O({^G- of Archeology and -Historic Preservation

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8.Medical Officer Wirtz said in his report of this raid

...."I took a building that had been built for an armory by the Confederates, consisting of six large rooms, each 200 feet long and numerous outhouses, and after two weeks incessant labor I had everything prepared for 2,000 patients....On the morning of December 20, one of the most completely furnished and extensive hospitals in the army was just ready to receive its sick.... On that morning the town was taken by the Confederates under General Van Dorn....I repaired to the headquarters of the Rebel general near town and made a formal request that the armory hospital should not be burned....! returned to my quarters, but had not been there an hour when I was informed the building was on fire. Thus this fine structure..,.was soon in ashes."

. Van Dorn's raid altered the strategy of General U. S. Grant, who had planned an attack on Vicksburg by way of the Mississippi Central Railroad in support of General Sherman who was moving down the Mississippi River. Grant was now forced to retire to Memphis, while Sherman suffered a crushing defeat at Chickasaw Bayou on the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg.

The archaeological remains of the foundry have re mained intact through the years and provide an ideal setting to interpret the history of the company, as well as the impact of Van Dorn's raid. They also afford an excellent opportunity for the first industrial archaeological study in Mississippi.

The Marshall County Historical Society, which recently prevented destruction of the remains, plans to acquire the site and to initiate plans for its development.

9.The War of Rebellion; A Compilation of the Official Records

of tHe Union and Confederate Armies. Washington^ p. C.: Government Printing Office, 1889.Series Ir<Vbl XV£l, Part 1, pp. 508-510; Part 2, p. 463.

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Confederate Armory and Federal Hospital Siteu STREET AND NUMBER:

Section 32, Township 3 South, Range 2 WestCITY OR TOWN:

Holly Springs

Mississippi 28COUNTY:

Marshall 093

PHOTO CREDI William C. WrightDATE OF PHOTO=August 26, 1971

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