He received a pardon in August 1865, and in 1872, was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. At the time no one questioned his integrity or his simple explanation. 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The Union soldiers dug up the cask and went and spent the money in Mobile, Alabama. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. In the Civil War-era movie, Gone With the Wind (1939), Rhett Butler, played by Clark Gable, is rumored to have stolen the treasure. There are stories that the Islanders tell of buried pots, jars, and treasure chests full of gold and silver. Jeff. I have not heard of both of these stories. Then check out 14 Lost Treasures of Wisconsin. Louina by all accounts was a wealthy Indian woman. Here we go! What happened to it, however, no one knows, and this has created a mystery thats spanned over 150 years. Whatever they had started off with, travel expenses had steadily depleted their coffers by that time. The authors were primarily participants in the evacuation of Richmond and they included Confederate cabinet officials, army officers, and treasury employees. Levi and his brother George were interpreters and negotiators that worked with U.S. Indian Agent John Dabney Terrell Sr. of Marion County Alabama. Some believe it was stolen by the Union soldiers who arrested Davis, while others speculate it was hidden long before his arrest, with the aim of keeping it out of the Norths hands. The location was described (by him) as being in northern Alabama, between the towns of Bellview and Booneville, at or near Keel Mountain. One of the clues to the former Navy paymaster and his survival after the events of May 4 were documented by Robert Seeger in his 1962 book, And Tyler, Too, which provided an in-depth look at the presidency of John Tyler and his family. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Treasure hunters who believe they found a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania are now on the prowl for something as elusive as the buried booty itself: government records of the FBI's excavation. Demopolis is an abandoned town on the Tombigbee River, near the intersection of rout 43, and 80. A lot of that gold treasure, as historians and enthusiasts have since called it remained after the Civil War. Henry knew he could make a fortune with his ferry because the Perdido River was a popular crossing spot for people going from Alabama to Florida and vice versa. During the autumn of 1862, the mint turned $40,000 in gold and silver from New Orleans, Louisiana, into bars for shipment to Augusta. They filled two wooden boxes full. 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A big oak tree stands where his house was. More information on where and how to research for lost treasures. [5], George Trenholm, who was Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury for the last year of the Civil War, was arrested after the war and accused of making off with millions in Confederate assets. In the 1939 movie "Gone With The Wind," the Union Army believes Rhett Butler to have the missing Confederate gold, and they threaten to hang him. Lee warned Davis that his government should evacuate Richmond immediately, or risk being captured by Federal troops. Possibly, the fact that almost 1,400 Union soldiers, former prisoners warehoused in the town, had died of smallpox, dysentery, and other diseases and were buried nearby, could also have discouraged random digging. 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. Explore Alabama - ALABAMA TREASURE LEGENDS Table of Contents: Alabama Treasure Legends, Legend of the Lost Confederate Gold, Old Flint River Settlement Gold, $30000 in Gold Coin Buried in Bridgeport Alabama, Loot Buried by Levi Colbert in Buzzard Roost Alabama , Rumors of Buried Treasure in Demopolis Alabama (White Bluff), C. Boaz Whitfield The phrase "Lost Confederate Gold" has a romantic ring. One day a rebel soldier came by and Hansen decided to lead him to the lost treasure so they could possibly retrieve it. Hidden Treasure discoveries can happen anyt . In my opinion the Lost Confederate Gold myth is just thata myth. The wreck is still there and its treasure is waiting to be recovered! After the War Between the States,many not only spent time rememberingthe "Lost Cause," they also stayed busy searching for its lost gold. Then, after the Justice Department ordered a more thorough review, the FBI said its records were exempt from public disclosure. Many names and records have been lost to time. Finally, in the wake of the treasure hunters' appeal, the FBI said it had located 2,400 pages of records and 17 video files that it could potentially turn over - but that it would take years to do so. 2023 A&E Television Networks, LLC. Even into the 1930s, the pages ofThe Augusta Chronicleincluded stories of impromptu inner city treasure hunts sparked by a variety of rumors that someone had found part of a hoard hastily hiddenfrom the Yankees. your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable. CBS News affiliate WTAJ-TVreported members of the Elk County Historical Society say they believe the gold is just an old wives' tale. Union soldiers happened by and demanded that Hansen and his men unload the cargo in their wagons because they became suspicious that the cargo in the wagons might be guns and ammunition. He would then bury the wine casks in various areas around his homestead. The mystery thus began when Semple and Tidball disappeared. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Over the course of the next two years, he traveled between the U. S. and Canada in clandestine activities, often using the alias Allen S. James, his travels financed with the Confederate gold. La Bellone was a French merchant ship that was in the area of Dauphin Island to pick up merchandise from the French Colonials in Louisiana. Some of the Confederate treasures reportedly buried in light of Union take over were: $30 Million in gold buried outside of Savannah, Georgia, a hub of minting, trading, and gold mining before it fell to Union forces. After he retired, Bob Brewer embarked on an adventure to find the missing Confederate gold, supposedly hidden by the mysterious Knights of the Golden Circle of the late 1800s to finance a second Civil War. Have fun in your search for Alabama treasure. With Union troops closing in on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, in early April 1865, President Jefferson Davis and the rest of his government fled southward, allegedly carrying with them a considerable amount of gold, silver and other coins. The legend states that DeSoto and his men cant to the Bay of Espiritu Santa which is now Tampa Bay Florida. From there, I am assuming the Bellview back then is Belleville today, just with a name change. Jefferson Davis , the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, circa 1865. Treasure hunters in the area believe his house was located at the following coordinates: N 3030 38 W 872651 which is close to U.S. Highway 90 bridge that now crosses the Perdido River. Semple apparently never attempted to recover the Mexican silver dollars in Danville, for various reasons. But on May 10, when members of the 4th Michigan Cavalry captured Davis group near Irwinville, Georgia, they had only a few dollars with them. Henry refused and was subsequently strung up to a tree and whipped. You must log in or register to reply here. Sharps had a nephew named Grady Sharps who witnessed his uncle go into his 100 acres of forest that he owned south of Whites Mill. The area was founded by exiled followers of Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 1800's. Bill Kirby has reported, photographed and commented on life in Augusta and Georgiafor 45 years. Davis then deposited the reserve gold in a vault in Washington, Georgia, before continuing on. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. Railroad Bill real name Morris Slater was a black train robber, murderer during the late 1800s. According to Beauregard's biography, "What became of that coin is a mystery. This would be a nice area to use a metal detector in. The lack of discussion in these books is not surprising. Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment, And like all good stories of lost treasure, this one has staying power. As soon as they spent all the gold and silver they came back for more. This Metal Detector Has all the top features you would expect in a quality metal detector. On May 4, after Davis and the few advisers that remained with him made the decision to disband his government, they entrusted some $86,000 of the remaining treasury funds to two Confederate navy officials tasked with smuggling it out of the country to Britain. AFFILIATE DISCLOSUREI am an affiliate marketer. Morris was formerly a skilled circus performer and had an athletic build which made getting on off trains a breeze. Railroad Bill finally met his doom when a $500 reward was issued for him dead or alive. She was a cargo ship that held deer hides, beaver pelts, tobacco, and 40,000 crowns of gold and silver bullion and coins. They picked 3 men to bury the box full of gold coins somewhere near the courthouse. The mountain I saw that looked like an overturned boat is just to the east of Belleville, off US 231. In 1865, the Confederate government crumbled and its leaders fled through Georgia, pursued by federal authorities. Almost every Southern state has a legend of Confederate gold lost/stolen/buried in the chaos of the Civil War's end. There is no record that anyone ever found the gold, sowhat happened to it? The story goes that when she was forced to leave she had so much gold and silver her horses couldnt carry the load so she was forced to bury the gold and silver where she stood. One day a Union Officer became privy to Henry Nune and his buried treasure. It would be a great place to find all kinds of history and relics that might still be strewn about by all those army camps. The gold (or some of it) in their treasury came with them. The Justice Department denied the request - and, as of last month, had yet to assign the FOIA request to a staffer for processing, according to the lawsuit. She questioned whether the agency is "acting in good faith.". The gold and silver coins are said to be buried east of his old homestead. With both her husband and her mother deceased, Julia was alone on Staten Island with the children, surrounded by Yankees unhappy with a Southern sympathizer in their midst, even though she had been a First Lady. His wife gave in again and told the soldiers where another cask was buried. After the decision was made to disband the Confederate government on May 4, 1865, Davis entrusted $86,000 to two Confederate navy officials, whom he tasked with smuggling the money to England. Simply putting food on the table became an essential concern. There were , also, over 2000 Tallassee Carbines hidden and never recovered. Plus, as others have pointed out, gold weighs alot. In an account he made to a Richmond newspaper in 1893, Parker recalled that the government funds placed in his charge totaled only about $500,000 in gold, silver and bullion. Still, rumors of the millions persist. During the autumn of 1864 it was clear the Confederacy was losing the Civil War. It would have taken a large amount of troops to dig and hide all the treasure, and as poor as alot of those soldiers were after the war, why not go back and dig up the treasure? ; Official from Secretary Stanton. Jean Lafitte the French Privateer and Pirate is said to have spent a considerable amount of time visiting Fort Morgan, Alabama. Hansen and some other Alabama citizens raised quite a bit of capital in the form of gold and silver bullion and coins. He landed in a swamp and drowned because he couldnt swim. Every legend that has any long-term staying power has a modicum of truth in it, and certainly this one does, says William Rawlings, an author of numerous nonfiction books and novels about Southern history. People like to believe theres something out there, Rawlings says. There are many different stories of where on his plantation the gold was hidden. The actual value of the treasury was probably not much more than $500,000. Know of good Lost Treasure Stories for this County? In his early years, he was a sailor with the pirate Jean Lafitte. They searched and searched for months coming up empty-handed so the trappers friend gave up and went back to Fort Rosalie. Hanna recorded some of the known expenses incurred by Davis group, including $108,000 paid to escorting troops near the Savannah River and $40,000 paid for supplies in Washington and Augusta, Georgia. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Its fate has remained a mystery for more than 150 years, fueling a wealth of local legends in the South and elsewhere, and even inspiring Hollywood movies like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) and Sahara (2005), based on the book by Clive Cussler. The Confederate States of America were formed prior to Abraham Lincoln taking office in March 1861. He took the bodies of the Confederate soldiers with him. I am sure some of your readers are from that area and are familiar with the Prattville, Montgomery area and of course, the Alabama River. The treasure was secured in the false bottom of a carriage. The ferry was used by Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War. One treasury clerk in particular, Micajah Clark provided a detailed accounting of the disposition of the funds. He came to Alabama in 1815 and set up a ferry for crossing the Perdido River that has banks of the Alabama and Florida side. The whole of this region was captured by the Northern forces early in the Civil War. Richmond was burning. The team arrange for Brian Abbott to do additional sonar scans of the lake while Kevin, Al, and Brad are in Georgia with Alex Lagina and Gary Drayton. Having his ferry there solved this problem. All the merchandise including the gold and silver bullion and coins sank with the ship. Jesse James the legendary outlaw of the west and in those days Alabama was considered out west had hideouts in and around the areas of Dawson, Guntersville, Gadsden, and Mentone Alabama in the Sand mountains. These states were opposed to the abolishment of slavery. Of what was taken, only $140,000 was recovered. So they filled a strongbox full of gold coins that the town had stored up as the treasury. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Finders Keepers' owners, the father-son duo of Dennis and Kem Parada, had spent years looking for what, according to legend, was an 1863 shipment of Union gold that was lost or stolen while on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. JavaScript is disabled. The Indians thought this request to be outrageous and attacked De Sotos camp. They never made it. Besides, Semple was done with any sort of an adventure. Hanson wounded the last Union soldier but he got away. So as you can tell it was a great hiding spot for soldiers. So if youre in Randolph County Alabama look up that old ghost town that was once called Louina. Near Athens there may be a Confederate treasure. Levi Colbert who lived from 1759 to1834 was the bench chief of the Chickasaw Nation. C.E. Until next time Happy Treasure Hunting! Allegedly, some of the Confederate treasury was hidden in order to wait for the rising again of the South and at other times simply so that the Union would not gain possession of it. Finders Keepers filed a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department over its failure to produce documents on the FBI's search for the legendary gold, which took place nearly four years ago at a remote woodland site in northwestern Pennsylvania. Please do not use this website if you disagree with any of the terms outlined here.Thanks for visiting!Thank You,Frank W. Pandozzi, Website Owner. In North Carolina, some say gold was secretly hidden because they couldn't get the heavy treasure through a swamp north of Greensboro. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Some of the Southern leaders . "There's been a pattern of behavior by the FBI that's been very troubling," said Anne Weismann, who represents Finders Keepers. Keel Mountain is located in Madison County in Alabama not in Belleview, Tenn. Another sci-fi production, 2012s Alcatraz television show, also featured the gold, with its characters realizing the treasure was buried beneath the prison back in 1960. As for the Richmond bank gold, it quickly fell into the hands of Federal troops, which occupied Washington within days after Davis left. [OFFICIAL. Another theory, says Rawlings: Davis and his group hid it. Halleck stated that Richmond bankers estimated specie valued "from six to thirteen millions" were travelling south from Goldsboro, NC in wagons. They were active in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, and Alabama. They filled two wooden boxes full. The McGillivray plantation ruins lie 4 miles North of Wetumpka, Alabama. Before you knew it,others hurried to the scene and began to dig, and another gold rush was under way. Hansen ended up killing one of the Union scouts. The officer brought troops to Henrys home in the hopes of getting Henry to tell them where his treasure was hidden. Henry Nunez After a long day traveling Hansen ended up at a friends home. Approximately Four miles north of Athens, Limestone County, and about half a mile from a prominent stream crossing, two huge metal box's, containing $100,000 in gold and silver were dumped into a bog by Confederate soldiers to prevent their seizure by the Union Soldiers in 1865. But with 100 acres to cover and now metal detectors back then it was never found. First published on January 6, 2022 / 11:11 AM. So many of them buried their gold and silver for safekeeping. It is said that some of those wine casks of gold and silver coins are stilled buried near his home. Many of the accounts were published in the papers of the Southern Historical Society, in an effort to dispel rumors that Davis took the money for himself and his family. The travels of James Semple and his infatuation with the widow of the president, Julia Gardiner Tyler, were mentioned in the book and provided evidence of Semples activities on behalf of Davis and the South, even after the surrender of Confederate forces. Among Confederate veterans organizations, rumors later swirled that their fleeing leaders were carrying millions of dollars when they evacuated Richmond. She had long black hair, gray eyes, and a figure that drew dozens of suitors before she had agreed to marry the president, then 30 years her senior. The true value of the treasure that left Richmondheld under the guard of Confederate Navy Captain William H. Parker and the young midshipmen in his commandwill likely never be known. Hanna, The Long Surrender by Burke Davis in 1985, and in 2001, An Honorable Defeat: the Last Days of the Confederate Government by Williams C.. Frank W. Pandozzi is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, Clickbank, and MyTopo affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, mytopo.com, and clickbank.com.Please visit my Affiliate Disclosure below for more information. He sketched the symbols . But on the night of May 24, as the group made camp for the night in Lincoln County, Georgia, near Danburg Crossroads, some 20 armed men on horseback invaded the camp and carried off as much gold as they could carry. In their book The Rebel and the Rose (2007), Wesley Millett and Gerald White tracked the path of that chunk of the Confederate treasure, part of which they believe one of the navy officials, James A. Semple, spent on his love affair with Julia Tyler, the widow of President John Tyler, as well as a failed plot to provoke war between Britain and the United States. One theory suggests it was stolen by the Michigan Cavalrymen. 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