TALLASSEE MANUFACTURING CO NO. 1 Stock 1872 AL Civil War Armory Gen. Birkett Sig
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TallasseeManufacturing Company No. 1. Stock issued on January 1, 1872 inTallassee, Alabama. Incorporated in the State of Alabama. Blue25-cent revenue stamp affixed. Certificate No. 67 was issued to NoahFelton for five shares of capital stock ($100 per share). Companycapital was $1, 200, 000. Original ink signatures of company presidentBenjamin H. Micou and treasurer (CSA General) Birkett (B.) D. Fry(see bio below). Certificate is about 6.5” x 10”. Black printwith a vignette depicti...ng the four-story brick factory of the company– “Tallassee Manufacturing Co.” on the side of the building.
Condition: Very Fine, vertical folds, light creasing, no tears, light signs of any wear/handling, minor toning, Uncancelled.Printer: Pelletreau & Cole, 59 & 61 Maiden Lane, New York City.
Company History:TheTallassee Manufacturing Company was a large mill built in 1844 as acotton mill and was situated on the Tallapoosa River, a shortdistance above Montgomery, Alabama. Benjamin H. Micou (stockcertificate is hand signed) was president and managing agent of theTallassee Manufacturing Company No. 1, with its office in Montgomery, Alabama. Also hand signed as company secretary by Confederate GeneralBirkett D. Fry (see short bio below); General Fry later becamepresident of the company. The Tallassee Manufacturing Companyoperateda cotton mill from 1844 until 1861, when the Civil War began. Duringthe war, Colonel Gorgas (CSA Flag) ordnance chief, had theConfederatecarbine shop that was located in Richmond, Virginia moved toTallassee, Alabama into the Tallassee Manufacturing Company mill inthe spring of 1864 as war threatened the Richmond, Virginia armory.The carbine armory within the Tallassee Armory (within the TallasseeManufacturing Company mill) was the only Confederate armory notdestroyed by Federal forces during the Civil War. The mill and armoryescaped destruction during the Civil War. War ended before the plantneared its goal of producing 6, 000 carbines per year. In 1864, the UnionGeneral Rousseau's raid bypassed it. In 1865, Union forces underGeneral Wilson (USA Flag) misled by a faulty map, marched 10 mileseast of the armory. A documented quote from company president Benjamin Micou states: "We have in the South some important advantages. The health--fullnessand even temperature of the climate; the equality of time of ourlength of days through the year; steady, cheap and abundant waterpower; the raw material at hand; a fertile soil, and a good supply ofunskilled labor. Nature has been bountiful, and even lavish in herinducements. All that is wanted is proper energy and capital tocommand skilled labor, which, well directed, ensures success."Followingthe war, the Tallassee Manufacturing Company returned to operation asa cotton mill.
GeneralBirkett D. Fry (1822-1891) was born in Kanawha County, Virginia and waseducated at the Virginia Military Institute and West Point. He servedas a 1st lieutenant of voltigeurs during the Mexican War. At theoutbreak of the CivilWar, Fry was in Alabama engaged in the cotton manufacturing business(Tallassee Manufacturing Company). He was appointed colonel of the13th Alabama Infantry which he led to Virginia. He was severelywounded at Seven Pines, again at Sharpsburg, and a third time atChancellorsville. At Gettysburg, he commanded Archer’s Brigadeafter the latter’s capture, and participated in the heroicPickett’s Charge. He was wounded near the Union battle line, andcaptured. Returning to the army in time to participate in thePetersburg campaign, Birkett Fry's commission of brigadier general dates to May24, 1864. During the last months of the war, he held command in SouthCarolina and Georgia. After the war he was a successful business manand president of a cotton mill (Tallassee Manufacturing Company).
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Condition: Very Fine, vertical folds, light creasing, no tears, light signs of any wear/handling, minor toning, Uncancelled.Printer: Pelletreau & Cole, 59 & 61 Maiden Lane, New York City.
Company History:TheTallassee Manufacturing Company was a large mill built in 1844 as acotton mill and was situated on the Tallapoosa River, a shortdistance above Montgomery, Alabama. Benjamin H. Micou (stockcertificate is hand signed) was president and managing agent of theTallassee Manufacturing Company No. 1, with its office in Montgomery, Alabama. Also hand signed as company secretary by Confederate GeneralBirkett D. Fry (see short bio below); General Fry later becamepresident of the company. The Tallassee Manufacturing Companyoperateda cotton mill from 1844 until 1861, when the Civil War began. Duringthe war, Colonel Gorgas (CSA Flag) ordnance chief, had theConfederatecarbine shop that was located in Richmond, Virginia moved toTallassee, Alabama into the Tallassee Manufacturing Company mill inthe spring of 1864 as war threatened the Richmond, Virginia armory.The carbine armory within the Tallassee Armory (within the TallasseeManufacturing Company mill) was the only Confederate armory notdestroyed by Federal forces during the Civil War. The mill and armoryescaped destruction during the Civil War. War ended before the plantneared its goal of producing 6, 000 carbines per year. In 1864, the UnionGeneral Rousseau's raid bypassed it. In 1865, Union forces underGeneral Wilson (USA Flag) misled by a faulty map, marched 10 mileseast of the armory. A documented quote from company president Benjamin Micou states: "We have in the South some important advantages. The health--fullnessand even temperature of the climate; the equality of time of ourlength of days through the year; steady, cheap and abundant waterpower; the raw material at hand; a fertile soil, and a good supply ofunskilled labor. Nature has been bountiful, and even lavish in herinducements. All that is wanted is proper energy and capital tocommand skilled labor, which, well directed, ensures success."Followingthe war, the Tallassee Manufacturing Company returned to operation asa cotton mill.
GeneralBirkett D. Fry (1822-1891) was born in Kanawha County, Virginia and waseducated at the Virginia Military Institute and West Point. He servedas a 1st lieutenant of voltigeurs during the Mexican War. At theoutbreak of the CivilWar, Fry was in Alabama engaged in the cotton manufacturing business(Tallassee Manufacturing Company). He was appointed colonel of the13th Alabama Infantry which he led to Virginia. He was severelywounded at Seven Pines, again at Sharpsburg, and a third time atChancellorsville. At Gettysburg, he commanded Archer’s Brigadeafter the latter’s capture, and participated in the heroicPickett’s Charge. He was wounded near the Union battle line, andcaptured. Returning to the army in time to participate in thePetersburg campaign, Birkett Fry's commission of brigadier general dates to May24, 1864. During the last months of the war, he held command in SouthCarolina and Georgia. After the war he was a successful business manand president of a cotton mill (Tallassee Manufacturing Company).
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