Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-05
THE CONFEDERATE TREASURY.


Iinc"ins Br"th"r-iniaw Tell ti"u tbs
Last $4,000 was Divided.
DIR. c. r. {. Todd OF Barnw Il :.
C., a distinguished surgeon Of the On.
fe9erate Army ann brother-in- E,A of
Abraham Lincoln, As well as a comicc-
ton by marriage with the Brcrkinli 20
family of Kentucky during his Younger
days was often in company OF Abia am
Lincoln, who married his sister Thus,
by family ties and by associations hr is
closely connected with Breckiuli e
and Lincoln, who were both Presidential
candidates in 1860
DR. Todd was in charge of the Con-
federate hospital at Charleston. under
Gen. Hardee, and was with the pHrty If
the fugitive Confederate Cabinet Wuca
1t dlsbanded He Describes the Giyi-
sion of the last money of the C..afrA-
crate Treasury. a matter much dis
cussed in the newspapers few Years
ago.
e great deal has been said about it. :"
said he, but, so far as ! know. no do
scription of it is on record. ] was there
in the room when the money was paid
out. and saw the whole proceeding.
Indeed, [ am partly responsible for the
division of it at the time. had been
with the soldiers coming down. and [
heard the Kentucky and Virginia troops
saying they were going to have some Of
the money or have blood | told Brecl-
inridge, who was the Secretary of War;
what had heard, and said that there
I,rI, r,, l.
"'There may be rioting, said he,
but no bloodshed. / then suggested
to him the propriety of a division of the
money among the soldiers, and he re-
piled: We will see about it. In the
party were the Confederate Cabinet and
the officers of the four brigades Of
troops which We're with us when we
crossed the Savannah river. We had
the last money of the Confederate
Treasury 500 900 in gold and silver,
besides some gold belonging to the
Bank of Richmond. The money was in
charge of Col. Morgan, a brother of the
famous John Morgan. We crossed the
Savannah river on pontoons and went on
the road toward Washin gton, Ga. When
We had gone two miles from the river
We stopped at log cabin ON the south
side of the road and there the $4,000
was paid ont. Mr.. Davis had gone on
about four miles ahead of us with his
STAFF
In the cabin were John c. Breckn-
ritge, Secretary of War; Judah 2. Ben
lamin. who looked as scared as the
devil and appeared to be panic stricken;
General Bragg, the commander of the
four brieades, and Colonel Morgan, who
had charge of the money.
The division was made by caurus
of the men. Those present were
Naughn's DeBrell's. Basil Dukes and
Humphrey Marshal's brigadcs Mar
Nhal! WAS then under arrest and his bri-
.slie WAS i'll charge of Colonel w c. j.
brrrkinridgc. The census of the sol
dier, wa, the reverse of Purter's Some
nj the h:igades returned fictitious names
in order to get more money. The di-
vision was $50. % for each man officers
and common soldiers faring Il ike Some
of them. hv stuiiing the census. got as
much AS S:'6 "A head, Divide $4,000
bv 26I and YOU will Sc" how many
t2.hh6 mem Wee returned by the cen
>lo of the four brigalies in the paving
out We finally came TO a keg of silver
ingot> pieces 3 by 4 inches square
Ehey opened box of gold belonging to
the Bank of Richmond. it was about
Is inches long and 10 or II inches
wide, and contained purses OF gold,
They made IL rough estimate Of the
value of that gold aud of the kr@ Of sill
YER and exchanged them. In that way
| got some gold. Then thcv carried
the Bank of Richmond money to the
bank at Washington, Ga, and dero,-
tied it, They took none of it, except a
little box, for which they substituted
the keg of silver ingots. While the
money was being divided out, Colonel
Morgan paid man five dollars an hour
10 guard it. When we got through
Morgan took the remaining money anil
drove it away in the dark Thence it
landed in the bank at Washington. Ga.
know only by hearsay. but am salts
fed that the information was correct,
that the Bank of Richmond sent for it,
money, and on its way the men guard
ing it We're attacked by marauderS The
guard was temporarily Dispersed. and
the maraudcro got some of the money
before they were driven of, Atlanta
Constitution.