The Confederate chief of ordnance was Josiah Gorgas. Historians give him credit for the government's establishment of large arsenals at Richmond, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Augusta and Macon Georgia, Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, and Selma, Alabama.He helped to create ordnance factories that turned out muskets, artillery and ammunition. In arming its troops, Gorgas made his largest contribution to the South. More so than any other logistical problem.
Josiah Gorgas died in 1883.
Josiah Gorgas was born in 1818.
Gorgas Hospital was created in 1904.
William C. Gorgas died on 1920-07-03.
William C. Gorgas was born on 1854-10-03.
Alice Gorgas was born in July 1883, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The web address of the Gorgas House Museum is: www.gorgashouse.ua.edu
Controlled mosquito-borne diseases during the construction of the Panama Canal. Later served as Surgeon General of the US Army
The phone number of the Gorgas House Museum is: 205-348-5906.
Gorgas helped Sanitize the tops of open water. That was where the mosquitoes laid their eggs.
The address of the Gorgas House Museum is: Box 870104, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0104