United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Davis, Robert Scott, 1954-2007-08-03Encyclopedia 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: SS8H5text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Gold--GeorgiaConfederate States of America--CommerceMoney--Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America. Dept. of the TreasuryConfederate goldText