<P> In Wilmington, North Carolina, Louis Froelich (1817 - 1873), a German immigrant, opened the Confederate States Arms Factory . His firm made bayonets, sabers, Bowie knives, and sheathes or scabbards for these weapons, as well as thousands of metal buttons for military uniforms . </P> <Ul> <Li> William Gregg (industrialist) </Li> <Li> Samuel Griswold </Li> <Li> Hannibal Kimball </Li> <Li> Samuel Morgan </Li> <Li> John L. Porter </Li> <Li> Francis A. Pratt </Li> <Li> William T. Sutherlin </Li> </Ul> <Li> William Gregg (industrialist) </Li> <Li> John L. Porter </Li>

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