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- ↑ Davis, Robert Scott (2002). "The Georgia Odyssey of the Confederate Gold". Georgia Historical Quarterly. 86 (4). Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ Roman, Alfred (1884). The Military Operations of General Beauregard (Volume 2, Part 1). Harper & Brothers. pp. 23–24. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
What became of that coin is, we believe, even to this day, a mystery. It was, doubtless, spent for the benefit of the Confederacy; but how, and to what purpose--not having been regularly appropriated by Congress--has never been made known...
- ↑ "OUR ARMIES.; Official from Secretary Stanton. Beauregard Trying to Profit by Sherman's Blunder. Meade, Sheridan, Wright, Thomas and Canby Ordered to Push the Enemy at all Points. Jeff. Davis and His Gold. [OFFICIAL.]". The New York Times. 1865-04-28. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ "The Armies and Their Work. (Published 1865)". The New York Times. 1865-04-28. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ↑ Confederate paper currency was all but completely worthless at this stage of the war.
- ↑ Foote, Shelby (2000). The Civil War: A Narrative, Fort Stedman to Reconstruction. Alexandria: Time-Life Books. pp. 74, 236. ISBN 0783501137.
- ↑ Nepveux, Ethel S. (1973). George Alfred Trenholm and the Company That Went to War. Charleston.
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- ↑ Tex Willer - L'oro del sud/Gold of the South Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
