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leaving to fight in order to keep satisfying the war demands from factory production. Rock Island Arsenal increased from having 175 female employees in 1914 to 300 in 1917, a dramatic change before women’s suffrage was approved. Women were absolutely critical to the success of the US buildup in World War I, and played an integral role in production at Rock Island Arsenal.
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The United States took control of the island in 1804 through the Harrison Peace Treaty with the Chief of the Fox and Sac Tribes. From 1804 to 1812 the US Army did not occupy the island. It was the scene of a small conflict at the outbreak of the War of 1812 with Great Britain. Following that war, in
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wrote in his memoir: "When we arrived we found that the troops had come to build a fort on Rock Island...We did not object, however, to their building their fort on the island, but were very sorry, as this was the best one on the Mississippi, and had long been the resort of our young people during
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During the First World War, demand for war materials drastically increased; this increased the demand for skilled labor, but many men were drafted for the war. Women were hired to fill job vacancies at the arsenal. This is often referred to as the "women draft", as they had to backfill the men
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here, to protect shipping on the river in the aftermath of the War of 1812 with Great Britain. Decades after the Civil War, in the 1880s the army established a foundry and armory here, manufacturing both military equipment and ordnance. In 1919–1920 one hundred of the Anglo-American or Liberty
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The prison camp operated from December 1863 until July 1865, when the last prisoners were freed. After the war, the prison facility was completely destroyed. During its two years in operation, the prison camp housed a total of more than 12,400 Confederates.
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From 1816-1862, the site was known as Fort Armstrong. Before that, successive cultures of Native Americans had occupied it for thousands of years because of its strategic position along the Mississippi River.
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1871: First military quarters built on Rock Island, an Italianate-style villa known as Quarters One. At 20,000 square feet, it is one of the largest government single-family residences in the United States
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Native Americans used Rock Island as their summer camp site. Encroaching European Americans coming into the area disputed the claim of tribal ownership, and competition between the peoples led to the
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Following the war, the federal government retained ownership of Arsenal Island. It developed it for use as an arsenal and ordnance manufacturing center, which led to the island being renamed.
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the summer. It was our garden, like the white people have near their big villages, which supplied us with strawberries, blackberries, gooseberries, plums, apples and nuts of different kinds."
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1814 it was the site of a U.S. Army expedition from St Louis to use the island as a guard post to control traffic on the Mississippi and maintain watch over the local Native Americans.
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A total of 41 Confederate prisoners successfully escaped during the prison's operation, and many more would try but fail. They were deterred by the power of the Mississippi River.
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At the turn of the 20th century, it manufactured both ordnance and leather accoutrements and field gear, for an army that still relied on horses for transportation and cavalry.
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A total of 1,964 Confederate prisoners and 125 Union guards are buried in the adjacent military cemetery. The Union guard burials included 49 members of the 108th Regiment of
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1865: Second Commanding Officer of Rock Island Arsenal, Brevet Brigadier General Thomas J. Rodman, also known as the Father of Rock Island Arsenal for his contributions
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During the Civil War, the army converted some facilities and built more in 1863; these were not yet completed in December of that year, when the first
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prisoners of war were incarcerated there. The construction was makeshift. The first prisoners were 468 Confederates captured in battles at
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were manufactured there, although too late for World War I. The base is now the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing
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1872: First Government bridge built across the Mississippi River; replaced the railroad bridge destroyed by a steamboat
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1867: Clock Tower Building erected; it survives and is used as the offices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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1862: Rock Island Arsenal (the name we know it to be today) established by an Act of Congress
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was established on July 4, 1905. It is the second-oldest US Army Museum in the US after the
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Perspective drawing of the prison for Confederate soldiers at Rock Island, 1864
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This article is about the military base. For the census-designated place, see
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Rock Island County, Illinois
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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
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1863-1865: Rock Island Prison Barracks built to house Confederate soldiers
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1862: First Commanding Officer of Rock Island Major Charles P. Kingsbury.
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Other historical sites in the area include the Confederate Cemetery, the
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National Register of Historic Places in Rock Island County, Illinois
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Exhibits interpret the history of Rock Island Arsenal and the Union
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The Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing & Technology Center
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1809: Declared a federal military reservation by an Act of Congress
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1818: George Davenport, U.S. Army sutler established trading post
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Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
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Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal, and Confederate POW Camp
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Rock Island arsenal: in peace and in war. With maps and illus
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foundry, and manufactures ordnance and equipment, including
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In 1816 the federal government authorized the army to build
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United States Army Official History of Rock Island Arsenal
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The Rock Island Arsenal profile at globalsecurity.org
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Military production site in Illinois, United States
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Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois
Rock Island Arsenal Museum
Rock Island Armory
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island Township
Moline Township
Rock Island County, Illinois
Official Website
Joint Munitions Command
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
United States Army Sustainment Command
First United States Army
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District

Quarters 1 (Building 301)
Rock Island Arsenal is located in Illinois
Rock Island Arsenal is located in the United States
Rock Island, Illinois
41°31′1″N 90°32′31″W / 41.51694°N 90.54194°W / 41.51694; -90.54194
Thomas J. Rodman
Greek Revival
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American Civil War prison camps

Union
American Civil War
U.S. Government
Union Army
American Civil War

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