Attics Yield Civil War Gold
As virginia observed the 150th anniversary of the civil war archivists traveled the state in an antiques.
Attics yield civil war gold. The citizens of clarendon southern sympathizers mounted an old cannon on the levee overlooking the river. The curse of civil war gold is a relatively new show that can be found on the history channel. Six months after the end of the civil war the sidewheel steamer ss republic was bound from new york to new orleans on october 18 1865 with a cargo of a reported 400 000 in gold and silver coins to aid in the rebuilding of the war ravaged city of new orleans to its prewar glory unfortunately the ship never made port caught in a massive hurricane off the. Clarendon is an old river town in monroe county.
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During the civil war a federal gunboat was on its way upstream with a safe full of gold to pay troops. Given its name it should come as no surprise to learn that it is a spinoff of the very popular curse. A 1 4 inch border of alternating bright and dull bullion. Civil war era attic trunk gold mining history treasury item.
Sold see item details. The father son duo spent years combing this bit of pennsylvania wilderness with high end metal detectors drills and other tools to prospect for a fabled cache of civil war gold they felt certain. Fbi agents department of conservation and natural resources dcnr employees and other unidentified people with shovels have descended upon the tiny town of dents run pennsylvania looking for a cache of gold bars lost just before the civil war battle of gettysburg that could today be. Open back construction on a stiffened burlap board.
Fbi acting suspiciously over civil war era gold. Marty lagina a millionaire vineyard owner of who is also part owner of most of oak island in nova scotia. The curse of civil war gold is a non fiction series about american civil war history on history channel. The american civil war may be about to start up again and not for any of the reasons you might think.
From the attics and shoeboxes of virginia a trove of historical gold. Similar items on etsy.