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The Old Arsenal, built in 1835, had four and a half foot thick walls designed to protect gunpowder stored inside and help contain an explosion if that protection failed. It was part of an army post that covered these grounds from 1810 to 1885. During the Civil War, after this area was recaptured from Confederate forces, many additional federal troops quartered in tents supplemented the normal garrison.
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