Nov 5  The Check Cleared the Bank
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-11-05

Deanna Bowser presents today's Natchez History Minute about Audley Britton and George Koontz drawing a check on a New Orleans bank during the Civil War. New Orleans, of course, at that time was occupied by Union Troops. The infamous Benjamin Butler confiscated the check, endorsed and cashed it, and promptly gave the money to the U. S. Treasury.