 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Tredegar Iron Works, yakapararira parwizi rwaJames, yakapa zvombo zvemhando yepamusoro kuConfederation mukati mehondo. Kambani yacho yakagadzirawo njanji dzemhepo dzomumhepo munguva imwe cheteyo. Tredegar anozivikanwawo nekugadzirwa kweanenge zviuru gumi zvematombo ehondo panguva yehondo iyo yaive inenge hafu yekugadzirwa kwemumba kweSouth kwezvombo zvehondo pakati pemakore ehondo ya1861-1865. Nzvimbo yokukanda yakaita matani 723 ezvombo zvaifukidza CSS Virginia yaichimbova USS Merrimack, iyo yakarwa muhondo yokutangapakati pezvikepe zvehondo zvine zvombo zvesimbi muna March 1862. Zvivako zveTredegar zvakanga zviri pedyo neRichmond Arsenal, iyo yakadzorerwazve muhondo. PaBrowns Island, Confederate States Laboratory yakatangwa kuti ibatanidze kugadzirwa kwezvinhu zvinoputika kunzvimbo iri yoga kuitira kana paizova nokuputika netsaona. 