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It authorized the federal government to issue for the first time, paper currency that was not backed by either gold or silver. Battle flags of texans in the confederacy by alan k. A story of the lost confederate treasury and its missing gold and silver 9781449742799 by peter f. The gregarious owner tommy savage buys and sells used books in every category from science to biographies to f. A civil war story, this website is a repository of historical facts, data, and chronicles about african americans who servedserved with the confederate states army from 1861 to 1865. Most of the northern states had various antinegro laws on the books and lincolns own state of illinois altered its constitution in 1862 to prohibit the immigration of free blacks entirely. Rumors and speculation aside, the truth is that the exact amount of the gold and silver carried south by the fleeing government is not known. Rs bevier 1879 1st 2nd missouri confederate bridgades signed book. Buy history of the confederate states navy new edition by scharf, thomas j. To order a currency book, just click the thumbnail picture in the scan column, and scroll to the bottom of the page to add it to your shopping cart. This is the story told in parallel tales of how it was lost in 1863 and how it was found in 2011 by a retired detective from connecticut and a.
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Trained at west point, lloyd tilghman originally resigned his commission in 1836. A story of the lost confederate treasury and its missing gold and silver by peter f. The clint eastwood classic, the good, the bad, and the ugly revolves around a search for missing confederate gold. Confederate states of america, philatelic subject index and bibliography, 18621999 by richard h.
A story of the lost confederate treasury and its missing gold and silver. Please see the scans below for details on the condition of the bill. The lack of confidence in these new unbacked banknotes drove most. The myriad of battle flag patterns shown, all created by the author based on scale drawings of the actual flags, serves to illustrate that the colors followed into battle by texas. Roster of the confederate soldiers of georgia 18611865, volume 5 by lillian henderson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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Chasing the myth of confederate gold jefferson davis fled richmond with multiple wagons filled with gold and silver. These green ink printed notes became known as greenbacks. Treasury began redeeming legal tender notes for coin. The legal tender act of 1862 effectively outlawed privately minted gold and silver coins. Price 2014 field edition collecting confederate paper money by pierre fricke. Civil war confederate forms reproductions of books. The first 100 years, black confederates, and black southerners in confederate armies along with a numerous other articles and pamphlets on southern history. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, the times does. This is for a very rare antique, original, appraised, autographed civil war military united states 1879 the confederate first and second missouri brigade hardcover book. Some of these books go into great detail about the american civil war, and some these selections include. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The destruction and disorder that accompanied the fall of the confederacy led to the loss of m os t of the records that could have.
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