Brierfield Ironworks records Bulk, 1866-1882 1864-1897

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Brierfield Ironworks records Bulk, 1866-1882 1864-1897

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Financial and legal documents of the Brierfield Ironworks along with some correspondence and printed materials, dating from 1866 to 1882. The materials are divided into two main groups: (A) those materials generated during Josiah Gorgas' control of the ironworks (1866-1869), and (B) those materials generated during Thomas S. Alvis' control of the operations (1869-1873).

1.5 Linear feet

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

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Alvis, Thomas S., fl. 1869-1873

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Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883

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General and Chief of Ordnance for the Confederate States Army; later, president of the University of Alabama. From the description of Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war, [ca. 1865]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29452282 Born in Dauphin County, Pa., Josiah Gorgas graduated from West Point in 1841 and was assigned to the ordnance corps. He served in the Mexican-American War and was promoted to captain in 1855. In 1853, he mar...