[eddie willers]

What did those rich rebels spend their gold and silver on?

We know the ending balance was zero. Surely an astute archivist could examine confederate outlays and total them up.

Shadow of the Sentinel: One Man's Quest to Find the Hidden Treasure of the Confederacy
By Warren Getler, Bob Brewer

Interesting book.

[eddie willers]

BTW....your namesake figures quite prominently in the book I featured in the above post.

[mac_truck]

Yes, Shadow of the Sentinal does seem like an interesting book.

As far as I can tell though (from reading some of the reviews), the hoard of gold hidden in the Arkansaw mountains by the KGC was raised after the WBTS ended, rather than before.