Confederate Powderworks - Definition

The Confederate Powderworks was a gunpowder factory during the American Civil War, the only structure ever built by the Confederate States of America. A construction site in Augusta, Georgia was chosen for its rail, river and canal connections, and the Powderworks was built in ____.

More than 2,750,000 pounds of first-quality gunpowder (a majority of the powder used by the Confederacy), was produced here during the war. Although the massive works were dismantled after the war ended, the commandant and officer responsible for their construction, Colonel Reins, asked that the smokestack remain as a monument to the efforts of the those who built and worked within the site. The Powderworks chimney still stands today and is one of the more recognizable features of the Augusta skyline. The chimney and a historical marker about the Powderworks are located in Sibley Mill at 1717 Goodrich Street in Augusta.