Commander George Minor resigned from the United States Navy in April,
1861, and was immediately put in command of the newly created Bureau of
Ordinance and Hydrography at Richmond. This Bureau was of invaluable
service to the young Confederacy, sending out 220 guns in the first year.
Commander Minor was instrumental in establishing the arsenals at Atlanta
and New Orleans and other points. He spent his last years in our City,
well remembered by many of the present generation. He died in 1878. While
residing in Fredericksburg he lived in what was the late College Building.