but as tredegar grew, richmond grew as an industrial hub to the point that by 1860 tredegar was the third largest ironworks in the united states, the large nest the south, and richmond was the industrial hub of what would become the southern confederacy. initially, actually, the primary work force was a lot of the welchmen who came over and helped design. that was the nucleus of their skilled work force. another side of the work force was also industrial slaves. sometimes the owners of tredegar would purchase slaves in their names. sometimes they would rent slaves from other slave owners and sometimes the tredegar company as a corporate entity would own their own slaves. he had foreigners as well as wels welshmen and irishmen working here along with native born american whites and african-american slaves. the anderson family was in ownership of this site from 1849 up through the civil war when it became a company run by stockholders again. after anderson died in 1892 his son archer took over. archer died in 1918. his son took over. tredegar stayed in the family as far as anderson goes, bu

we have around as the ruins of the central tredegar foundry. this is where tredegar started. this is where they first produced their iron implements and we have the ruins of that today. this is the home of two civil war museums for the richmond area. the former pattern storage building, in 2000, the national parks service opened up the visitors center for the battlefield park. and then in 2006, the american civil war sensor -- american opened up inter the 1861 gun foundry. that is a private museum that looks at the civil war is from the perspective of the union and african-americans. i think that tredegar is significant in a lot of ways, owing to its civil war impact. the cannons that it produced led the confederacy to a lot of its victories. it was also the chief employer in the area for a number of years.

it had some industry, tredegar but as grew -- but as tredegar group, richmond group. by 1860 tredegar was the third-largest ironworks in united states, the largest in the south and richmond with the industrial hub of lower become the southern confederacy. the primary workhorse was a lot of welshman who came over. that was the nucleus of their skilled workforce. another side was the industrial slaves. sometimes the owners of tredegar would purchase slaves and their names, sometimes it would rent them from other slaveowners, and sometimes the company has a corporate entity would own their own slaves. you have foreigners as far as watchmen and irishmen working here alongside native born american whites and enslaved african-americans. in a lot of ways tredegar was a family operation. everything from the owners of the site, the anderson family was in ownership from 1849 up until the civil war when it became a company on by stockholders again. 1892, hisrson died in son archer took over. he died in 1918. his son took over. tredegar the stockholders of tredegar into purchasin

next, we will go to tredegar iron works. tredegar iron was's possible for producing a large majority of the canons produced during the confederacy. they at structures that no longer exist from battlefield hospitals to the battlefields himself. the ironworks is one of the few remaining structures that war,ed before the civil and existed for decades afterward. it's history goes back to southeastern wales in the united kingdom. when richmond businessman wanted to begin in ironworks era in richmond, they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over and design their rolling mill and ironworks here. tredegar hadtarted a good imagination. he was not a good businessman. they ran into financial trouble. a west point graduate was brought in initially in 1841 is a purchasing agent, kind of a sales managet

tredegar remain in operation greasing the wheels and implements until 1957. the albemarle paper manufacturing corporation that owns several paper mills around the site bought the tredegar property, shut down the operations. a lot of the machinery -- richmond,back live in virginia for the continuation of the symposium on civil war monuments. >> we have a museum professional. anistorian and lawyer, english professor and clergyman, and archivist and historian, and a sociologist. i think this accounts for multiple perspectives. he has published and spoken widely, challenging americans to question sources by which we remember our past. he is best known for his provocatively titled book, "lies my teacher told me: everything your high school history textbook got wrong." and "lies across america: what are historian sites got wrong." students of the civil war no him also for his co-edited collection of primary source documents, the confederate and the old confederate reader. his first book, "the mississippi chinese, between white and black" in 1971 is derived from his

we have around as the ruins of the central tredegar foundry. this is where tredegar started. this is where they first produced their iron implements and we have the ruins of that today. this is the home of two civil war museums for the richmond area. the former pattern storage building, in 2000, the national parks service opened up the visitors center for the battlefield park. and then in 2006, the american civil war sensor -- american opened up inter the 1861 gun foundry. that is a private museum that looks at the civil war is from the perspective of the union and african-americans. i think that tredegar is significant in a lot of ways, owing to its civil war impact. the cannons that it produced led the confederacy to a lot of its victories. it was also the chief employer in the area for a number of years. for a part of its existence. and it was one of the primary engines of industry in the city. it has a legacy going all the way up to the present. >> ok, c-span, you ready? thomas j. brown is a professor of history at the university of south carolina. he not only got his ba