The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-05-19
The Confederate Treasury.

The Confederate Treasury.
Dr.. C. R. G. Todd, of Baruwell, S. O.,
distinguished surgeon of the Confeder-
ate army and brother.in.law of Abra-
ham Lincoln, as we'll as connection By
marriage with the Breckinridge family Of
Kentucky, during his younger days was
often thrown with Abraham Lincoln,
who married his sister. Thus, by family
ties and by association, he is closely con.
nec.ed with Breckinridge and Lincoln,
who were both Presidential candidates in
1860.
DR.. Todd was in charge of the Confed.
crate hospital at Charleston under Gen.
Hardee, and was with the party of the
fugitive Confederate Cabinet when it dis
banded. He describes the division of
the last money of the Confederate trens-
ury, matter much discussed in the
newspapers few years ago.
"a great deal has been said about It,"
said he, "but, so far as know, no de-
scriptien of 1t is on record. | was there
in the room when the money was paid
out, and saw the whole proceeding 10
deed, am partly responsible for the
division of it at the time. I had been
with the soldiers coming down, and I
heard the Kentucky and Virginia troops
saying they we're going to have some of
the money or have blood. told Breck-
inridge, who was the Secretary of War,
what I had heard, and said that there
might be riotiog and blood shed.
"There may be riotiDg,' said he, but
no bloodshed.' I then suggested to him
the propriety of a division Of the money
among the soldiers, and he replied: we
will see about it, In the party we're the
Confederate Cabinet and the officers of
the four brigades of troops, which were
with us when We crossed the Savannah
River. We had the last money of the
Confederate treasury-s7O,000, in gold
and silver, besides aome 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 Washington,
Ga. When we had gone two miles from
Tue river We atopped 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 @. Breckin.
ridge, Secretary of War; Judah P. Ben.
jamin, who looked as scared as the devil
and appeared to be panic stricken; Gen.
Bragg, commander of the four brigades,
and Col. Morgan, who had charge of the
money.
1.-THE division was made by caucus of
the men. Those present were Vaughn's,
Dibrell's, Basil Dukes and Humphrey
Marshall's brigades. Marshall was then
under arrest, and his brigade was in
charge of Col. w. G. P. Breckinridge.
The census of the soldiers was the re-
verse of Porter's. Some of the brigades
returned fictitious names in order to get
more money. The division was $26.25
for each man, officers and common sol.
diers faring alike. Some of them, by
s,ufiug the census, got as much as sS6
head. Divide $4,000 by 26l and you
will see how many 1855 men) were re-
turned by the census of the four brigades.
In the psying cut We finally came to 8
keg of silver ingots-pieces three by four
inches square.
"They opened box Of gold belonging
to the Bank of Richmond. 1t was about
eighteen inches long and ten or twelve
inches vide, and contained purses of
gold. They made rough estimate of
the value of that gold and of the ksg OF
silver and exchanged them. In that way
I got some gold. Then they carried the
Bank of Richmond money to the bank at
Washington, Ga, and deposited it. They
took none of it except little box, for
which they substituted the keg of silver
ingots. While the money was being
divided out Col. Morgan paid man five
dollars an hour to guard it. When We
got through Morgan took the remaining
money and drove it away in the dark.
Thence it landed in the bank at Wash
ington. Ga. I know only by heresay,
but am satisfied that the information
was correct, that the Bank of Richmond
sent for its money, and on its way the
men guarding it we're attacked by ma
rauders. The guard Was temporarily
dispersed and the marauders got gome of
the money before they were driven off,"
atlanta Constitution.
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