Located in Nashville, this engine and boiler making establishment employed about sixty hands.  The owners, W. D. Ellis and C. C. Moore, had the foundry cast two sample iron 6-pounders in late May 1861.  About the same time, the State of Tennessee contracted with the establishment for a battery of four 6-pounders and two 12-pounder howitzers, along with shot and shell.  Although Federals did capture a 6-pounder at Fort Zollicoffer marked "Ellis & CO. Nashville," the company vouchers indicate that no guns were ever delivered to the Confederate Government.
 

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