- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Confederate gold
- Creator:
- Davis, Robert Scott, 1954-
- Date of Original:
- 2007-08-03
- Subject:
- Gold--Georgia
Confederate States of America--Commerce
Money--Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Confederate gold. The existence of caches of hidden or lost Confederate gold has been the source of numerous Georgia legends. These legends are fueled by the fact that the state was a hub of gold mining, minting, and trading and that, as Richmond, Virginia, fell to Union forces at the end of the Civil War (1861-65), the bulk of the Confederate treasury was brought to Georgia, where much of it disappeared.
GSE identifier: SS8H5 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/confederate-gold/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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