Confederate States of America
During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to the Treasury Department in 1867. In 1912, the Treasury Department disbursed many of these bills to cultural institutions around the country, in the interest of public education.
From the guide to the Confederate Currency Collection, 1861-1864, (Pacific University Archives)
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| referencedIn | Virginia Business Documents, 1793-1898 | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | Samuel Darwin McConnell Papers, 1858-1916, 1859-1876 | Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America Documents, 1862-1864 | University of California, Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections. | |
| referencedIn | Samuel Hollingsworth Stout Papers, 34197007., 1837-1902, (1860-1865) | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Kimball Family Papers, 1813-1866 (bulk 1853-1855) | New-York Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Peter Wellington Alexander Papers, 1855-1863 | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Alabama. State Auditor (1875- ). Confederate pension dockets, 1913-1915. | Alabama Department of Archives and History | |
| creatorOf | One hundred dollar bill of the Confederate States of America, 1910, 1862 | L. Tom Perry Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | William S. Glass Papers Col 891., 1852-1871 | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library | |
| referencedIn | LaCoste, Jean Baptiste, Papers, 1856-1908 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Henry C. Wagner Confederate war song collection, circa 1861-1865 | Center for Brooklyn History (2020-) | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America Records, 1854-1889, (bulk 1861-1865) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | James A. Wright papers., 1907-1914. | Minnesota Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Radaz-Dabney papers MC111., 1850-1915, (Bulk: 1855-1865) | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, | |
| referencedIn | Howard, James William, Diary, 1861-1913 | University of West Florida Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Alexander Hamilton Stephens Papers, 1784-1886, (bulk 1850-1883) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Elizabeth City County (Va.) Military and Pension Records, 1881-1886 | Library of Virginia | |
| referencedIn | John A. Clark Papers, 1861-1868 | Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, New Mexico History Museum. | |
| referencedIn | Miscellaneous documents relating to Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1838-1948. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Davis, Jefferson, Trial Papers. MS 979, 1865-1868 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
| referencedIn | Confederate Civil War Documents, ca. 1861-1864 | University of California, Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections. | |
| referencedIn | Campbell County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1784-1867 | Library of Virginia | |
| referencedIn | Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records MS 332., 1861-1865 | Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University | |
| referencedIn | Chapman Family Correspondence and Other Documents, 1791-1898 | University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library. | |
| referencedIn | Horst, Louis, Papers, 1840-1880 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Brunswick County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1823-1862 | Library of Virginia | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America collection, 1861-1865 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America Transportation Voucher, 1863 | Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, New Mexico History Museum. | |
| creatorOf | Confederate Currency Collection, 1861-1864 | Pacific University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America Collection, 1850-1876 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America Hospital Memoranda, 1863-1864 | History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine | |
| referencedIn | James H. Roberts letter to Robert E. Warren [manuscript], 1864 January 24 | Oregon Historical Society Research Library | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America documents from the Civil War, 1861-1865. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Edward L. Robb Civil War Journal Typescript, 1862 | Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, New Mexico History Museum. | |
| referencedIn | Norfolk County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1718-1862 | Library of Virginia | |
| referencedIn | Albert Sidney Johnston Collection GA18., 1828-1960, 1828-1863 | Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library | |
| referencedIn | Prudhomme Family Papers, 1765-1997 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| creatorOf | Confederate States of America Records 66-26; 95-094; 98-025; 2009-318., 1856-1915 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Murrah, Pendleton, letter, 1865 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Ezra A. Carman papers, 1827-1934, 1880-1900 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | W. W. Hurley Letters 1931., 1863-1865 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History |
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