We have carefully examined the following slaves, furnished the Confederate States for service on the coast... and estimate their value as follows... : 1864 Feb. 23.

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We have carefully examined the following slaves, furnished the Confederate States for service on the coast... and estimate their value as follows... : 1864 Feb. 23.

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Printed form completed in Charleston, S.C., listing assessed value of six slaves furnished by Mims Ward of Marlboro [District, S.C.], for "service on the Coast," which generally involved construction of fortifications and earthworks. Document identifies six enslaved African Americans by name: Abram, Isaac, Boston, Lee, Job, and Tom. This form bears signatures of following officials: R.B. Johnson, Ag[en]t of the State; F. Nipson, for Confederate Authorities; and Jno. B. Moore, for owners.

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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...

Ward, Mims.

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