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Civil War

The Beginnings of Textile Manufacturing (14) John Satenstein. Background on the "Erlanger" loans between England and the Confederacy.

Confederacy's Cotton Bonds (30) Dr. Douglas Ball. Concerns Confederate attempts to establish a sound financial system during the mid-1800s, in which subscriptions for bonds were payable in cotton.

Confederate Bonds (32-35) Dr. Douglas Ball. A series of articles regarding the history of Confederate bonds, written by one of the nation's leading authorities on Confederate bonds and bank notes.

Confederate Financial Paper (13) John Satenstein. The historic background of the issuing of bonds and currency by the Confederacy.

Confederate Profiles (13) Editors. Brief biographical sketches on famous leaders of the Confederacy.

Confederate Securities Expert Reveals the True Story of the Confederate States of America Bonds (59) Richard T. Gregg and Diana Herzog. How the Confederate States of America bonds entered the scripophily market.

Confederate State Bonds Rights on Funds Raised in 1861 (14) Financial Times of London. Reprint from the Financial Times of May 3, 1924 covering a meeting to the holders of Confederate States of America Bonds (1861-63), who would like to press their claim before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cotton Loans (19) Laurence Weinbaum. The story of the "cotton connection" between the American South and the textile mills of Europe during the Civil War.

Duncan's Choice (26) Dr. Douglas Ball. The story of Blanton Duncan who raised the First Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers and later took up a position as a Confederate security printer.

The Financing of the Civil War (49) The South lost the financial war by tending to business as usual while the North innovated, taxed, legislated, and set the ground rules for America's national currency system as we know it.

He Soars Above Economic Prejudice [But the Mob Couldn’t Care Less] (63) S.L. Carson. New York City’s first Republican mayor, George Opdyke, and the Civil War Draft Riots.

Life of a Civil War "Shinplaster" (30) Stephen Goldsmith. A brief glimpse into the background of a series of notes issued as paper money during the War Between the States.

The Men Behind the Signature (36) Dr. Douglas Ball. Biographical sketches on Edward C. Elmore, Alexander B. Clitherall and Robert Tyler, all former treasurers of the Confederate states.

The National Leg and Arm Company - A Business For its Time (59) Sanford J. Mock. The history of prostheses and the company that provided much needed limbs for Civil War veterans.

Newly-Discovered Confederate Bonds (44) Douglas B. Ball. A rare pair of Confederate bonds have recently been unearthed.