Eliphalet Remington passed away in the same year, leaving the business up to his three sons. The following years brought the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 and at that point the company was supplying the Federal Army and Navy with arms such as pistols, carbines, rifles, and muskets, increasing their production rate significantly. A few years after establishing its first armoury in 1848, three of the founder's sons joined the company and renamed it, E. army additionally receiving a large government order of 1000 Jenks loading carbines. Early on, the company manufactured around 5000 pieces of M1841 Mississippi rifles to be used in the U.S. The production line was moved to the Erie Canal which is nowadays known as the present location of the Remington factory in Ilion, New York. Taking second place in a shooting contest, Remington's rifle attracted a great amount of attention and shortly after, first orders started to come in. The company was founded in 1816 when Eliphalet Remington II handcrafted his first rifle in his father’s forge and with the help of a local gunsmith managed to turn it into a simple flintlock rifle for his personal use.
