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"Philadelphia’s factories, arsenals, and navy yards manufactured many crucial elements of the Union’s war supplies, ranging from uniforms to gunships. The Frankford Arsenal along the banks of the Delaware River employed more than 1,000 workers assembling guns and ammunition. The Schuylkill Arsenal, renamed the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot in 1926, was the U.S. Army’s source for uniforms, blankets, and flags. Multiple government-owned and private navy yards along the Delaware River built warships, including the USS New Ironsides, an ironclad launched in 1862 to serve in the Union Navy’s blockading squadrons." --National Park Service
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