W. W. Hurley Letters 1863-1865

Confederate States of America

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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 th...

Hurley, Mary Ann

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Hurley, W. W.

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W. W. Hurley was a Confederate soldier in the 1st Regiment, Texas Mounted Reserve Infantry during the Civil War. From the guide to the W. W. Hurley Letters 1931., 1863-1865, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...