$20 Richmond 1864 Csa Tennessee Capitol Nashville Civil War Bill Old Us Obsolete

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This lot is a $20 Confederate States of America Note. It is dated February 17th, 1864 and was issued in Richmond, VA. The Tennessee Capitol in Nashville is shown in the center picture. The bill states “Two years after the ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States and the United States of Americal, the Confederate States will pay TWENTY DOLLARS to the bearer on demand. The back shows TWENTY several times in a blue scrolling design. Guaranteed genuine!

Hand signed by: 2 people
Series 3
Criswell catalog no.: T-67
Condition: Used with stains and edge wear

The Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864 – 1865 is the Civil War diary of Lt. (later Capt.) Cornelius C. Platter, of the 81st Ohio Infantry Volunteers, from November, 1864 – April 27, 1865. Platter’s diary details Sherman’s march through Georgia from Rome to Savannah and the march north through the Carolinas. He gives dates, times, and lengths of marches and describes the weather, locale, scenery, and food as well as orders, rumors, positions, troop morale, and administrative duties. The diary also includes a description of the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, the news of the Confederate surrender, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

16 November 1864 (Wednesday) Sherman’s troops begin their journey to Savannah. They forage and destroy as they go. In an attempt to trick the Confederates, Sherman sends his troops on two different routes—one towards Lovejoy Station, where troops under George W. Smith and Joseph Wheeler are located, and the other towards Augusta. Hood continues his battle at Shoal Creek. Forrest’s calvary arrives and bolsters Hood’s forces. In the eastern part of the state, John Cabell Breckenridge skirmishes with Union troops at Strawberry Plain before withdrawing to southwestern Virginia.

17 November 1864 (Thursday) In letters to several Georgia state senators, Jefferson Davis denounces any attempts by individual states to negotiate peace with the North. Sherman’s troops continue their divergent routes. Under the orders of Jefferson Davis, General William J. Hardee assumes command of all troops in Georgia. There is fighting in Maysville and at New Market (North Alabama).

18 November 1864 (Friday) Jefferson Davis orders Howell Cobb, commander of the Georgia Reserves, to block Sherman’s march. He is to use slaves to help obstruct the roads in the path of the Union troops. Confederate troops and guerilla troops continue their harassment of Union forces in Missouri. Hood begins his return to Tennessee.

19 November 1864 (Saturday) Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown calls upon his citizens to resist the incursion of Sherman’s troops. At Plum Creek Station (Nebraska Territory), Union soldiers and Native Americans battle. As the ports at Norfolk, Virginia and Fernandina and Pensacola are now under Union control, Lincoln lifts their blockades. The C.S.S. Chickamauga challenges the Union blockade near Wilmington, N.C.

20 November 1864 (Sunday) Continuing their march, Sherman’s troops fight enemy cavalry, home-guards and state militia at Clinton, Walnut Creek, East Macon, and Griswoldsville, Georgia. (dlg.galileo.edu)

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