[WhiskeyPapa]

I already gave you the source, the United States Department of the Treasury. The figures are thus for 1860:

Value of Specie in all Union banks: $40,618,000
Value of Specie in all Southern banks: $48,359,000

Well, this is pretty comical. You're saying that if I find a musty old book from 1860 -- the official U.S.Treasury book for -1860-, that it will have entries for "Union" and "Southern"?

That is just totally absurd.

You can't even cobble together a coherent lie.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

You're saying that if I find a musty old book from 1860 -- the official U.S.Treasury book for -1860-, that it will have entries for "Union" and "Southern"?

There is absolutely no reason to believe that they wouldn't be able to provide a state-by-state listing in 1860. From that it takes only a little simple math to calculate the total in southern banks etc. Thus your post is a nonargument.

[PeaRidge]

If you think McPherson is the only one who can quote figures, you are a short sighted person.

You can either visit your local library in person or use the web to visit the "Historical Statistics of the United States", a source I often have given you, Department of Commerce section, or you can go to another source, the President's State of the Union Address, the Secretary ofthe Treasury's report for 1860. Either place you then add up the amounts per state. Label them as North or Union as you please.

Now, back to McPherson. His comment, if it was his, was totally misleading if not an outright lie.