Since we're on the subject of the distribution of Confederate money, I have a story to share that I found in Julia Grant's memoir:
In late 1863 or early 1864, Grant and Julia were in St. Louis when their son Fred was ill. Julia wrote, "While in St. Louis, an old acquaintance called to see the General to get a pass through the lines so that she could join her husband's friends in Georgia." Julia went on to say that this acquaintance had lost her Confederate husband at Vicksburg. Julia wrote, "I was very sorry for her, and, although she had not asked for me, I told the servant when she called again I wished to see her. When she came, I went down, taking with me a roll of Confederate bills captured at Vicksburg and given me as a souvenir, amounting to something over $4,000 and, handing her the permit wrapped around these bills," and then Julia explained that she handed this money to this woman.
Julia later "feared" that she had "aided the cause of secession." She confessed going this to Grant. She reported that he told her that she "had done a service to the Union in doing just as (she) had; that the more of that kind of money there was in circulation, the better it would be for us."