Many names and records have been lost to time. They picked 3 men to bury the box full of gold coins somewhere near the courthouse. 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. Two trains left from the capital that night. I would keep a close I on the eastern shore of Dauphin Island. Oak Island the Strange, the Bizarre, and Maybe the "Truth! The troops were trying to keep the gold and silver away from Union soldiers. The town of Louina lasted from 1834-1902. If you are venturing on to State or Federal lands you should know the laws of that State. 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. The troops were trying to keep the gold and silver away from Union soldiers. She made her money by running a trading post and she was one of the only Indian women to have owned slaves. He waited there until spring and set off to sail back to France at the beginning of April 1725. The French officials seemed La Bellone unsalvageable and didnt attempt to recover the lost cargo. A message was sent to the Justice Department seeking comment on the suit, which asks a judge to order the FBI to immediately turn over the records. These states were opposed to the abolishment of slavery. Confederate gold refers to hidden caches of gold lost after the American Civil War. It happened between the Confederate Armory which was not over run during the war and present day, Wall Street . I have also researched the legend of Keel Mountain, I agree the O.R. Im not sure of the accuracy of this story but here it goes. The coins are buried on city-owned land, and Danville officials, concerned about disturbing graves, continue to refuse all requests to dig, even test holes. Almost half a million dollars in reserve gold was also gathered from a bank in Richmond. So as you can tell it was a great hiding spot for soldiers. 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. Its unclear what happened to the money. So Hardy decided to bury the treasure late at night when everyone was asleep. With the technology of today, why does the specie remain buried? In 1865, the Confederate government crumbled and its leaders fled through Georgia, pursued by federal authorities. Morris was formerly a skilled circus performer and had an athletic build which made getting on off trains a breeze. De Soto ended up dying of fever. They ended up in a large cavern and when they took the blindfold off of the trapper he saw that the cave was filled to the ceiling with gold and silver bars, coins, and jewels. In fact, during a recent renovation of Linden Farm by its owner, a document found hidden in a wall confirms Tidballs possession of a portion of the gold. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. [6], Last edited on 31 December 2022, at 01:37, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, "The Georgia Odyssey of the Confederate Gold", "OUR ARMIES. 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. There was even a systemto such pursuits. 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. The Outlaw PresidentJefferson Davis was an unlikely traitor to the United States. Given these events, and his extensive property, Tidball very likely profited from a disbursement of the treasury in Georgia. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. He ended up in prison until the end of the war. According to Beauregard's biography, "What became of that coin is a mystery. It was never recovered. Watch Live: Closing arguments underway in double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. Oak Island the Strange, the Bizarre, and Maybe the "Truth! / CBS/AP. The lack of discussion in these books is not surprising. In popular imagination, the Richmond bank goldhas become part of the lost Confederate treasure, and there is some truth to that story, Rawlings says. In the movie, the characters are hunting for $200,000 worth of gold that is rumored to be hidden in a cemetery. A man named Hardy Clemens who was a rich businessman, politician, and farmer bought a few acres of land in Coaling, Alabama on the shores of Big Sandy Creek in 1845. This would be a nice area to use a metal detector in. Jefferson Davis stated in his 1881 book, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, that the transfer of the treasure was made to Mr. Semple, a bonded officer of the Navy, and his assistant, Mr. Tidball. Davis added only that the instructions to Semple were for him to attempt to deliver the gold abroad to the financial agent of the government. Like most Southerners, who strongly believed their cause was right, Semple was ultimately forced to admit that the Confederacy no longer existed and could not be resurrected, that nothing more could be done. JavaScript is disabled. However, the treasury increasingly became an encumbrance on his flight, and Davis had disbursed the treasury along the way, among others to General Joseph E. Johnston in order for him to pay his troops at Greensboro, North Carolina, and to several banks for safekeeping, with the remainder paid out to Joseph Wheeler's accompanying cavalry men before dismissing them from their duties. A member of the society said there is no historical evidence that gold is buried in the area. In my opinion the Lost Confederate Gold myth is just thata myth. Many posses were formed looking for Railroad Bill. For Semple, as with Tidball, history is mute on the activities of both men. I got the Keel Mountain story from a treasure hunter in west Tennessee, and it was a small, one-paragraph statement. Bushes envelop the pig farm, and the cemetery is wooded over. Some think its on the Alabama side while others say its on the Florida side. But, the first story sounds very familiar with a post I put on Treasure Legends-"swamp gold." Union soldiers were invading the countryside around Sherwood Forest, the Tyler plantation, and the safety of her young children was paramount. "[2], Amid the collapse of the Confederacy, General Henry Halleck, Chief of Staff of the Union armies, wrote on April 26, 1865, that Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was fleeing with large quantities of specie. It is said that John Buried $100,000 worth of gold there. Here's how this gold war began, according to a Pittsburg Post-Gazette article about a 1983 story in Lost Treasure magazine. The ferry was used by Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War. After the War Between the States,many not only spent time rememberingthe "Lost Cause," they also stayed busy searching for its lost gold. General Dukes Brigade. The actual value of the treasury was probably not much more than $500,000. With the Davis party was a navy paymaster, James S. Semple. 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. Buried treasure in Alabama may be located in ghost towns. Jean Lafitte the pirate supposedly buried gold coins on a beach in what is now Bayou la Batre. He immigrated here from Scotland. It was abandoned in 1870. She questioned whether the agency is "acting in good faith.". Millions of dollars' worth of gold was lost or unaccounted for after the war, and its possible location has been the source of speculation of many historians and treasure hunters. With enemy soldiers occupying the town, any effort to dig up the some 160,000 8-reale coins would have certainly been seen. Instead of Liverpool, Semple eventually got as far as Nassau, after hiding out in the Okefenokee Swamp along the Georgia-Florida border for months. A lot of that gold treasure, as historians and enthusiasts have since called it remained after the Civil War. The FBI says it came up empty at the rural Pennsylvania site where Civil War gold is rumored to be buried. Some say he buried his gold on his pig farm. Still, over the years I've met people in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and even Alabama and Kentucky, who genuinely believe the "treasure" is hidden there and who've spent decades trying to find it. The gold (or some of it) in their treasury came with them. You must log in or register to reply here. The whereabouts of his home are under debate. This little island has been cut off from the outside world until just recently when a bridge was built that goes from the mainland of Alabama across the Mississippi Sound to Dauphin Island. It is said that some of those wine casks of gold and silver coins are stilled buried near his home. So the gold could have been buried anywhere, or perhaps in different locations. He was referring to the commercial house of Fraser, Trenholm & Company in Liverpool, England. Wesley Millett and Gerald White are the authors of The Rebel and the Rose. By all accounts, he stayed by the tracks between Atmore and Bay Minette Alabama stealing from the trains every chance he got. One night two braves took the trapper, tied his hands and feet, and blindfolded him. 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. He was worn out, saddened by the devastation that existed in his part of the state, and the difficulty he and his neighbors were having in restoring their lives and properties. As soon as they spent all the gold and silver they came back for more. Continue with Recommended Cookies. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Davis then deposited the reserve gold in a vault in Washington, Georgia, before continuing on. Clemens owned many slaves so he was worried they would tell any soldiers that came by where the buried treasure was. That didnt happen, however, and it is believed to have been stolen. It definitely would be worth taking a metal detector to the beach, Two wooden boxes full of gold and silver bullion and coins, Buried deep in a bog nearAthens, Alabama, NearFlorence, Alabama south of Whites mill, Hardy Clemens plantation ruins nearCoaling, Alabama on the shores of Big Sandy Creek, Dawson, Guntersville, Gadsden, and Mentone Alabama in the Sand mountains, Ghost town of Louina inRandolph County Alabama, the caves between Atmore and Bay Minette Alabama, N 3030 38 W 872651 which is close to U.S. Highway 90 bridge that now crosses the Perdido River, 40,000 crowns of gold and silver bullion and coins, Near the entrance to Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Cave full ofgold and silver bars, coins, and jewels, Underwater cave near Muscle Shoals, Alabama along the Tennessee river. So do your due diligence before going on your treasure-hunting expeditions. What Confederate Money (paper notes) that they had was burned at Washington, Ga. in the middle of town by Brig. 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. The trapper returned to the Chickasaw camp and married the daughter of the chief but her father had disappeared and no one in the village seemed to know where the cave was that held the treasure. I have talked to the guy who wrote what you found on #2. Union officials also estimated the value of the Confederate fortune in the millions of dollars, hoping to spur along the Federal troops seeking the fugitive Davis and his government. Jean Lafitte the French Privateer and Pirate is said to have spent a considerable amount of time visiting Fort Morgan, Alabama. I live n the the ala state line and have pulse and gpr if anyone is interested in searching, Some of the add-ons on this site are powered by. Kevin and Al travel to Brad's home where they meet a woman who is the descendant of a large plantation owner. The mountain I saw that looked like an overturned boat is just to the east of Belleville, off US 231. 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. 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. Davis, the mystery of the disappearing gold was unresolved. 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. The McGillivray plantation ruins lie 4 miles North of Wetumpka, Alabama. Most if not all of them take place well into the war, and by then the confederate had serious cash flow issues. Several legends, actually. The lost gold also played a key role in the legendary 1966 Western film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Mr. Sharps became rich after owning the mill. The FBI has long insisted the March 2018 dig came up empty, but the agency has consistently stymied the Paradas' efforts to obtain information. You see people didnt trust the banks back then because they were often robbed and the insurance programs of the Federal Government were not that good. The Confederates got away or won the little skirmish or what have you but the men who hid it had been killed. The entrance of the town has a historical marker at the entrance that explains the towns history. 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. They loaded the two boxes of treasure onto two wagons and headed for Columbia. The chief had a daughter that he wanted to be married off so that he could have a male offspring to carry on as chief when he died. The History Channel even aired a preposterous documentary claiming . Davis and His Gold. His work has been featured in psfk.com, foxsports.com, politicususa.com and hillreporter.com. The leaders of the Confederate States of America we running for their lives 154 years ago. If you are ever in Muscle Shoals, Alabama along the Tennessee river you might want to take a look around for limestone caves although the Red Bone cave is more than likely underwater now and you will need to bring your scuba gear and do some underwater metal detecting. While they fought the commander detailed a couple of men to hide the gold just in case they lost and were captured. There is no record that anyone ever found the gold, sowhat happened to it? He put the wagons back up to make it appear that confederate troops had come by and took the contents of the wagons with them. 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. 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Thomas Union Soldiers During the American Civil War. was the operator of a ferry during the Civil War, on the Perdido River. Rawlings himself has seen evidence of what appeared to be part of that buried Confederate loot. Civil War historian William Rawlings explained, People like to believe theres something out there. Jefferson Davis fled Richmond with multiple wagons filled with gold and silver. I was born and raised in the area. On April 2, 1865, an urgent telegram came for Davis from General Robert E. Lee. The lost gold also played a key role in the legendary 1966 Western film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. This small island holds many lost treasure stories. 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 of the first settlements of Alabama is called Dauphin Island. [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. Others suggest he buried it underneath his home or by the cotton gin. 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. The two wooden boxes full of Confederate gold fell out of the wagons and sank quickly into the mud. The Paradas accompanied the FBI to the site in Dent's Run, about 135 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, but say they were confined to their car while the FBI excavated. The contractor detected an underground mass that weighed up to nine tons and had the density of gold, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed last year at the request of news organizations, including The Associated Press. The officer brought troops to Henrys home in the hopes of getting Henry to tell them where his treasure was hidden. An aspect of the treasure that Clark omitted concerned the fate of 39 kegs of Mexican silver dollars. Three children and two men drowned but the rest of the passengers were saved by a brigantine sailboat that was nearby. The Confederacys capital city was initially located in Montgomery, Alabama, but soon changed to Richmond, Virginia. You are using an out of date browser. They held it until General John Bell Hood marched his Confederate army through in 1864. Well, there you have it the 15 lost treasures of Alabama. 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