Black lick ohio military base

Description:On May 6, , 10, sets of equipage and five thousand Enfield rifles to arm "three-months" of enlistees were being issued, and the post had enough arms stored in the temporary warehouse to arm and equip 30, men. Arms and equipment of the "day" men being mustered out in Ohio were being received by the arsenal in August, , but not until late that year were the commodious facilities of the main building in use. The first building at Fort Hayes was completed in and is known as the "Shot Tower," deriving its name from the days when it was used as a structure for making shot. In , the command general of the Department of the East took charge of Columbus.

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