The Rebel and the Rose: James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold

by Wesley Millett, Gerald White

Overview

In April 1865 the Civil War was over for most Americans, including the more than 600,000 soldiers, North and South, who died from wounds or disease. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and much of his administration had fled Richmond, accompanied by an escort of cavalry, various hangers-on, and all that was left of the treasury. With the Davis party was a navy paymaster, James S. Semple. 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. The treasure was secured in the false bottom of a carriage. The Rebel and the Rose" reveals for the first time what happened to the Confederate gold, until now a mystery."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781581825831
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	07/01/2007
Pages:	299
Product dimensions:	6.37(w) x 9.23(h) x 1.12(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword 9 Introduction 11 Acknowledgments 17
1 Prologue to Defeat 23
2 Final Hours in Richmond 37
3 The Fugitive and the First Lady 61
4 The New Capital 79
5 Flight South 95
6 On to Washington 111
7 Dispersal of the Treasury 131
8 Final Days of Freedom 149
9 Into the Night 169
10 Gold Rush 183
11 The Prisoner 195
12 Brother and Sister 211
13 Exodus 227
14 Disillusionment and Deceit 239 Epilogue 249 Appendix 251 Notes 255 Bibliography 279 Index 287