Confederate Gold

[wbull1]

The FBI is on the track of rumored Civil War Gold. Is there some truth to the legend?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-where-us-civil-war-gold-is-said-to-be-buried

 

[mofederal]

This was covered in a previous thread. If I could post you a link I would. I am sure the moderator could. Yes it is a real story, but unusual as the gold was lost near Gettysburg.

 

[USS ALASKA]

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/civil-war-gold-shipment-in-elk-county-pennsylvania.143976/

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USS ALASKA

 

[archieclement]

The puzzling part of the story to me is it says the shipment was to Harrisburg to pay Union troops......Union troops wages must have been pretty good if it was standard to pay them with 50 lb gold bars...…..there wasn't a mint at Harrisburg

 

[Pollaco]

Confederate Gold to pay Union troops ?

 

[wbull1]

Confederate Gold to pay Union troops ?

My mistake. I edited the entry but the title is still wrong.

 

[USS ALASKA]

My mistake. I edited the entry but the title is still wrong.

Sir, go to your original post and use the 'Thread Tools' button on the right hand side. This will allow you to edit the title.

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USS ALASKA

 

[Burning Billy]

"Legend has it..."

As exiting as it would be for lost civil war gold to turn up in some Pennsylvanian field, that phrase likely indicates there is nothing to be found except mud and disappointment. Surely if gold went missing during the war there would be some sort of paper trail generated by the army or government that would shift the tale of lost gold from legend to history.

 

[archieclement]

Legend has Jesse James gold in bout every cave and holler in Missouri.....Always seemed strange to me as both Frank James and Cole Younger lived well into old age......and if you had hid all this gold......wouldn't at some point maybe you go and dig it up?...….

 

[Burning Billy]

Legend has Jesse James gold in bout every cave and holler in Missouri.....Always seemed strange to me as both Frank James and Cole Younger lived well into old age......and if you had hid all this gold......wouldn't at some point maybe you go and dig it up?...….

Many shore towns from New Jersey to North Carolina also have legends about Blackbeard burying gold.

According to legend, no one spent money in the past...they buried it!

 

[8thFlorida]

I wouldn't trust the Guardian as a good source.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Clearly, the Harrisburg troops decamped to Oak Island. Wait until next season, you'll see.

 

[Stony]

FBI. lol

 

[Schwallanscher]

I wouldn't trust the Guardian as a good source.

which british paper would you suggest? the daily mail?

 

[O' Be Joyful]

which british paper would you suggest? the daily mail?

Hey now, don't poo-poo the Mail. Its my go to source for stories about x-large steers.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ld-s-largest-cow-14-foot-long-190cm-tall.html

 

[USS ALASKA]

In the FBI's defense, they never said they were looking for gold, just that they "...didn't find what they were looking for..."

Maybe they were 'looking' for D.B. Cooper or the Anglin brothers...and instead found these heavy yellowish things. Being good stewards of the community, they didn't want to leave this refuse on State property, so they cleaned it up for proper disposal...
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Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[archieclement]

In the FBI's defense, they never said they were looking for gold, just that they "...didn't find what they were looking for..."

Maybe they were 'looking' for D.B. Cooper or the Anglin brothers...and instead found these heavy yellowish things. Being good stewards of the community, they didn't want to leave this refuse on State property, so they cleaned it up for proper disposal...
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Cheers,
USS ALASKA

They could have been investigating something like project bluebook...…..think if the aliens are coming here to steal all the legendary hidden gold......it would explain why so little legendary hidden gold is found

Its all fits together nicely

 

[USS ALASKA]

They could have been investigating something like project bluebook

There was an incident not far from there in Kecksburg, PA - please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kecksburg_UFO_incident so maybe!
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Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[Borderruffian]

Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino already found it aboard the CSS Texas in Africa. The Bureau might as well give it up.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Many shore towns from New Jersey to North Carolina also have legends about Blackbeard burying gold.

According to legend, no one spent money in the past...they buried it!

Exact same legends about Jean Lafitte in this part of the country.

Buried gold everywhere along our Gulf Coast . . . they say . . . from Matamoros, Mexico through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle.