In April 1865, as Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled to Richmond, a navy paymaster, James S. Semple, was entrusted with all that was left of the Confederate treasury--and he and the gold soon disappeared. Millett and White reveal for the first time what

In April 1865 the Civil War was over for most Americans, including the more than 600,000 soldiers, North and South, who died from wounds or disease. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and much of his administration had fled Richmond, accompanied by an escort of cavalry, various hangers-on, and all that was left of the treasury. With the Davis party was a navy paymaster, James S. Semple. In Washington, Georgia, a small town untouched by the war, he was entrusted with $86,000 in gold coin and bullion (about $1 million in today's money) and disappeared into the night. The treasure was secured

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