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Confederate President Jefferson Davis asked private citizens to restore the value of the Confederate dollar by mutually agreeing to sell and buy items only at reduced prices. [4] In October 1863, Confederate States Senator Louis Wigfall of Texas said that a Confederate soldier received $11 per month in pay, which was worth the same as $1 had ...
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Oct 2015 at 18:42:25 (UTC). Reason High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set). Beginning with South Carolina (December 20, 1860) and ending with Tennessee (June 8, 1861), 11 states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of
During the Civil War, he was a colonel of a militia regiment in 1864 and was an appraiser of the Confederate States Government to regulate the value of the Confederate dollar. [ 2 ] Electoral history
Counterfeiting Confederate currency bills as souvenirs during the Civil War Samuel Curtis Upham (February 2, 1819 – June 29, 1885) was an American journalist, lyricist, merchant, bookkeeper, clerk, navy officer, prospector, and counterfeiter, during the later part of the 19th century, sometimes, known as "Honest Sam Upham".
Confederate gold refers to hidden caches of gold lost after the American Civil War. Millions of dollars worth of gold was lost or unaccounted for after the war, and its possible location has been a source of speculation for many historians and treasure hunters.
Confederate States dollar banknotes (featured picture set) (72 F) Pages in category "Confederate States of America currency" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
One-hundred Confederate States dollar (T13), by Hoyer & Ludwig Fifty Confederate States dollar (T14) , by Hoyer & Ludwig Fifty Confederate States dollar (T15) , by the Southern Bank Note Company
The main prewar agricultural products of the Confederate States were cotton, tobacco, and sugarcane, with hogs, cattle, grain and vegetable plots. Pre-war agricultural production estimated for the Southern states is as follows (Union states in parentheses for comparison): 1.7 million horses (3.4 million), 800,000 mules (100,000), 2.7 million dairy cows (5 million), 5 million sheep (14 million ...