Stiles/Akin
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2016
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
From Mary Green
NEW RESEARCH - Sept. 30, 2019
ATLANTA and ENVIRONS, Vol. 1 1820 - 1870
On 09 Aug. 1861, Fulton Co., Georgia was stated being the Banner County of the State as to the number of Volunteers she had in the field. She then had [11] Eleven Companies in the Service, and one more, the Fulton Dragoons, ready to go. Besides these Atlanta had furnished 150 regular Soldiers.
While local Manpower was being assembled and put into the field forward the Southern Cause, first steps were taken which transformed Atlanta into a veritable arsenal.
In 1861 Georgia Governor J. Brown called a convention of gunsmiths in Atlanta for he purpose of discussing the manufacture of guns in the city. In accordance with the convention's recommendations, Gov. Brown appropriated some of the forges in the machine shop of the W. & A. R. R. for manufacture of gun barrels
Before plans had been definitely made for their manufacture, the Gov. received an Urgent Request for the Manufacture of [25] Twenty Five Guns as soon as possible.
The Contract was given to JOHN CALVIN PECK, the owner of a Planing Mill at the Corner of DECATUR and PRATT Streets., Fulton Co., GA. After surmounting many discouraging obstacles, J. C. PECK succeeded in Producing 23 of the required Guns together with [6] Six Tripod rests.
The Original Bill for this work, dated December 27, 1861, shows that JOHN CALVIN PECK received $200 for [23] Twenty Three Tripod Gun Barrels.
Refer to following Letter from Ancestry:
From: JOHN C. PECK
to GOVERNOR J. BROWN...
Dated 18 Feb. 1862
The Firm of PECK and DAY (at this time Peck's partner was FRANCIS DAY) also aided in the manufacture of the famous "Georgia Pike." In 1861 a force of blacksmiths was put to work in the W. & A. shops for the manufacture of the Blades and making the Handles, PECK and DAY Contracted for this work for about 10,000 pikes.
NEW RESEARCH - Sept. 30, 2019
ATLANTA and ENVIRONS, Vol. 1 1820 - 1870
On 09 Aug. 1861, Fulton Co., Georgia was stated being the Banner County of the State as to the number of Volunteers she had in the field. She then had [11] Eleven Companies in the Service, and one more, the Fulton Dragoons, ready to go. Besides these Atlanta had furnished 150 regular Soldiers.
While local Manpower was being assembled and put into the field forward the Southern Cause, first steps were taken which transformed Atlanta into a veritable arsenal.
In 1861 Georgia Governor J. Brown called a convention of gunsmiths in Atlanta for he purpose of discussing the manufacture of guns in the city. In accordance with the convention's recommendations, Gov. Brown appropriated some of the forges in the machine shop of the W. & A. R. R. for manufacture of gun barrels
Before plans had been definitely made for their manufacture, the Gov. received an Urgent Request for the Manufacture of [25] Twenty Five Guns as soon as possible.
The Contract was given to JOHN CALVIN PECK, the owner of a Planing Mill at the Corner of DECATUR and PRATT Streets., Fulton Co., GA. After surmounting many discouraging obstacles, J. C. PECK succeeded in Producing 23 of the required Guns together with [6] Six Tripod rests.
The Original Bill for this work, dated December 27, 1861, shows that JOHN CALVIN PECK received $200 for [23] Twenty Three Tripod Gun Barrels.
Refer to following Letter from Ancestry:
From: JOHN C. PECK
to GOVERNOR J. BROWN...
Dated 18 Feb. 1862
The Firm of PECK and DAY (at this time Peck's partner was FRANCIS DAY) also aided in the manufacture of the famous "Georgia Pike." In 1861 a force of blacksmiths was put to work in the W. & A. shops for the manufacture of the Blades and making the Handles, PECK and DAY Contracted for this work for about 10,000 pikes.
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