Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat — The Lost Confederate Gold: Spent, Stolen, or Sunken?

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The Lost Confederate Gold: Spent, Stolen, or Sunken?

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When Richmond fell in April 1865, the Confederate government fled south with its entire treasury: gold bars, silver coins, and pieces of eight. And by the time Jefferson Davis was captured weeks later, almost all of it was gone. Did it vanish into soldiers' pockets and wartime chaos, or did a secret society bury it…

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