Vancouver Arsenal

Vancouver Arsenal (1853-1881) - A U.S. Army arsenal established in 1853 as Vancouver Ordnance Depot by Theodore J. Eckerson in present day Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. Renamed Vancouver Arsenal in October 1862 during the U.S. Civil War. Discontinued in 1881.

Vancouver Arsenal History

Established by Theodore J. Eckerson in 1853.

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General Order 89, 14 Dec 1881, discontinued the Vancouver Arsenal and established the Vancouver Barracks Ordnance Depot.

**Vancouver Arsenal Commanders List** (edit list)
Assumed	Relieved	Rank	Name	Cullum
1853-09-13	1858-06-22	M.S.K.	Eckerson, Theodore J.	N/A
1858-06-22	1859-07-27	1st Lieutenant	Sill, Joshua W.	1581
1859-07-27	1861-07-23	1st Lieutenant	Welcker, William T.	1497
1861-07-23	1861-10-24	1st Lieutenant	Wildrick, Abram C.	1773
1861-10-24	1865-11-17	M.S.K.	Eckerson, Theodore J.	N/A
1865-11-17	1871-04-15	Captain	Babbitt, Lawrence S.	1947
1871-04-15	1881-12-14	1st Lieutenant	Kress, John A.	N/A
Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy.

Current Status

Part of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Few remains at Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. The visitor center is built over the site of one of the arsenal storage buildings.

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Location: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.

Maps & Images

Lat: 45.6261862 Long: -122.656635

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Sources:

Shine, Gregory P., An Indispensable Point: A Historic Resource Study of the Vancouver Ordnance Depot and Arsenal, 1849-1882, NPS, December 2008, 112 pages, PDF

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Visited: 2 Nov 2013