Food & Supply
Information about Food & Supply in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1917-04-03, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar to resume operations with an order from the US government after completing a “large order for the British government.” Workmen there are being investigated based on nationalities, and issued passes
1917-04-13, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar Iron Works receives $500,000 order for shells for the US Navy – “taking on men, after being closed down for several weeks” after completing “allied munitions orders”
1927-02-27, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar gets “a large order for products” from the Navy Department: bullets and target shells have already been started. Tredegar to hire more, and recall “all its old force”
1928-06-27, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar gets a Navy contract for practice rounds – several new jobs to be filled
1931-09-10, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar Iron Works begins work on a $400,000 shell contract for the Navy Department – will provide work for 300 men for “at least eight months”
1932-06, Richmond Magazine; "The Confederate Tradition of Richmond." Freeman, Douglas Southall, p. 42.
1933-12-28, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar gets Navy projectiles contract – paper lauds the employment opportunity and sees this as an indication that the Great Depression is coming to an end
1934-07-28, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar wins small contract from the Navy Department to make 8-inch projectiles
1935-01-22, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar Iron Works gets contract for Navy 6-inch shells
1942-04-13, Richmond Times-Dispatch; description of Richmond’s wartime industries, noting that Tredegar Iron Works are the only “natural” war industry in Richmond – they are giving 75 percent capacity to munitions manufacture, and make proof projectiles f

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