Talcott Ave and Wainwright Road.

Talcott Ave and Wainwright Road.

Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Wainwright, Robert Auchmuty -- d.1866. Talcott, George --1787-1862.;

Fence and street signs inside Arsenal showing the intersection of Talcott Avenue and Wainwright Road . Capt. George Talcott was Commanding Officer, September 23, 1816 to July 9, 1920. Capt. George Talcott, Jr., enlisted in the Third Co. soon after its organization. He became a corporal and sergeant in 1809, second lieutenant in 1810, first lieutenant in 1812 and captain in 1813. Lieut. Geo. Talcott, Jr., was elected captain of the Third Co. Later in 1813, he was commissioned in the regular army and afterward became known as one of the greatest ordnance experts in the country. Capt. Robert A. Wainwright was Commanding Officer, May 18, 1855 to May 12, 1859. Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1835, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 1, 1835. Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Howard, Wis., 1835 36; in Operations in Creek Nation, 1837. At the Military Academy, as Asst. Instructor of Infantry Tactics, Aug. 31, 1837, to Aug. 14, 1838; as Asst. Ordnance Officer at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1838 40, ? and at St. Louis Arsenal, Mo., 1840; in command of Little Rock Arsenal, Ark., 1840; as Asst. Ordnance Officer at St. Louis Arsenal, Mo., 1840 41, ? and at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1841 42; in command of Kennebec Arsenal, Me., 1842 47; in the War with Mexico, 1847 48, commanding Saltillo Ordnance Depot; in command of Kennebec Arsenal, Me., 1848 51, ? of Detroit Arsenal, Mich., 1851 55, ? and of Watertown Arsenal, Mass., 1855 59; as Chief of Ordnance of the Department of New Mexico, Aug. 16, 1859, to July 13, 1861. Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861 66: in arming the fortifications of New York harbor, Aug. 15, 1861, to Oct., 1862; and in command of New York Ordnance Depot, Oct., 1862, to Mar. 29, 1864, ? of Benicia Arsenal, Cal., May 31, 1864, to Dec. 2, 1866. Died, Dec. 22, 1866, at Benicia Arsenal, Cal.: Aged 52. Buried, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC.

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