Effects of the Civil War on the Roswell Manufacturing Company

Roswell's mills wove cloth and 'Roswell Grey' wool for Confederate uniforms until July 1864, when Sherman's troops reached the town, arrested the mostly female workforce, and burned the factories floor by floor, deporting the women north.

Effects of the Civil War on the Roswell Manufacturing Company is a historical marker in Roswell, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.0131, -84.3602 near Roswell. The nearest cataloged historic site is The History of Vickery Creek (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Site of the First Factory of the Roswell Manufacturing Company, Site of the 1839 Mill and the 1882 Mill, and The History of Vickery Creek and the Covered Bridge.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.