NOTE [BOOK AFTER NOTE INFO]: T-36 1861 $5 CSA PF-4 CR-276 Second Series Plate 16A 3rd Issue Cat# 2 4 Plain Paper Cert 2456628-028 PMG 35 Choice Very Fine. Printed by J. T. Paterson, Columbia S.C. creator Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, Va. Printing Plate A - Position Number 16 (last one on the plate).

With the Sailer to the left and Commerce (or Ceres, the Goddess of the Harvest) seated on a bale of cotton in the center, these were issued from March 31, 1862 through January 3, 1863.

Even though a little over 3 1/2 million were printed (T-36), along with the normal 'shrinkage', these were of 'low' quality paper and somewhat small denomination passing from hand... pocket... to hand... pocket, how many have survived?

> Confederate currency was issued by the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861 – 1865) to finance the war effort and assert sovereignty. The first series, known as the "Montgomery Issue," was authorized in March 1861 and circulated shortly after, featuring denominations from $50 to $1,000 and initially backed by gold and silver deposits. Over the war, 70–72 different series were issued, with designs ranging from portraits of historical figures to allegorical images, trains, ships and depictions of enslaved people. As the war progressed, the notes lost backing by precious metals and were ultimately redeemable only by a promise of post-war payment, which never materialized, rendering them worthless as currency after the Confederacy's defeat.

BOOK: Soldiers on BOTH sides. MUCH: lice, foot sores, human by-product…  LOW OR NO: medical supplies, food, shoes/boots, morale… and whatever else for HELL on EARTH!

"An outstanding, essential bibliographical tool; describes the merits of 493 works by soldiers and foreign observers." – Bookshelf size of 9 ¼” tall, 6 ¼” wide and 1 1/8” thick. Copyright and published by The University of Oklahoma, Norman – Reprinted Under License by BROADFOOT’s BOOKMARK.

This extraordinary, 1948 First Edition presents an essential and splendid bibliographical collection of soldiers, foreign observers and civilian observations. 290 pages of recollections and first-hand personal experiences during combat and while traveling in the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Skillfully compiled and expertly annotated by esteemed historian, Professor E. Merton Coulter, this book examines an extensive quantity of personal and descriptive material of the Civil War period and analyzes its content for descriptive accounts and observations about the South during the American Civil War.

What was the South like during the war years? How did its people respond to war conditions? What was the effect of war on the region? What destruction did the territory suffer? What was the reaction of federal soldiers to prison life? What were their reactions to the destruction, carnage and pillage of war? In addition to the soldier reaction, what was that of nonmilitary observers? Among these were journalist, foreigners, visitors and innocent victims caught within the grip of war. This book has approached the subject of travel and description with the intent of evaluating a major block of material. It provides an extensive reference and contribution to providing for a sense of what it was like living, traveling and fighting in the Confederacy, through the people that experienced it. These important, first-hand observations give a truer picture of life during the Civil War in the Confederate States.  Each reference provides the author’s name, publication name, details of the publication’s publication and a detailed description of its content. An essential reference. THOROUGH 20 PAGE INDEX!

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