Charlotte Naval Yard-- Part 2

According to Dr. Dan L. Merrill, the Navy Yard was built along the tracks of the North Carolina Rail Road. Charlotte was a vital link in the Confederacy's railroad lines.

There was also a Confederate State Acid Workshop established at Charlotte to produce sulfuric acid and nitric acid, both necessary for fulminate of mercury, an important part of percussion caps.

Sulfuric acid was also important for wet cell batteries which provided the electricity for Confederate telegraph lines.

A Navy Yard That Far from the Sea? Who'd Have Figured. --B-R