Confederate States of America transportation voucher, 1863 June 8.

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Confederate States of America transportation voucher, 1863 June 8.

Summary: Collection consists of a Confederate States of America transportation voucher for round trip travel from Goldsboro, North Carolina to Wilmington, North Carolina on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, June 8, 1863.

1 voucher ; 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7391858

Museum of New Mexico Library

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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...