Gold coins that were found with the remains of Confederate soldiers near the Powder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg.Courtesy of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Posted on 08/27/2023 5:36:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...Thus far, research has narrowed the identification of the four remains to 21 or 22 individuals who "likely died during the period when the (Union-operated) hospital" was caring for the Confederate dead and dying after the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862. The original list contained 59 names and their units.
The temporary hospital was next door to where the burial site was discovered adjacent to the Powder Magazine off Duke of Gloucester Street. The Magazine, one of the 89 surviving 18th century structures in Colonial Williamsburg's historic area, was built in 1715 and was originally used as a storehouse for military supplies and equipment. It was used in the Civil War as well as before and during the American Revolution...
One man was buried with an animal bone-handled toothbrush and a snuff bottle under an arm. Also found were copper buttons with glass insets that likely came from a vest...
Two dollar gold coins dated 1855 were found "right next to (the) pelvis of another individual. They apparently were sewed into the waistband of his pants." He also had a musket ball imbedded in his hip, but the injury was received at an earlier time "because the bone has grown over it." His right leg also had been broken sometime earlier in his life, Gary said...
All the remains are at the William & Mary Institute for Historical Biology, where they continued to be analyzed. The items were not cleaned — Gary said the items will eventually be reburied with the remains, and they didn't want to alter them. [emphasis added]
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Gold coins that were found with the remains of Confederate soldiers near the Powder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg.Courtesy of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The Veterans Administration provides gravestones for American veterans graves, including Confederate war dead. They differ from Union gravestones in that they are pointed, while Union gravestones are rounded. Most people reading this thread already know that, I am sure.
Bet those coins won’t be returned. How else is Brandon supposed to collect his 10%?
Any of those tombstones have Bill Carson written on it?
Thanks LiM.
I thought it was the one next to Arch Stanton
LOL
I didn’t know that.
There is a confederate cemetery/Park in Beach Grove, Tennessee the site of the Battle of Hoover's Gap. It has one Union grave stone in it, The person had fought in the Revolutionary War. Why this fellow was buried there and not some where else I do not know. I know nothing else about the guy, I have not research it.
I didn’t know about the pointed and rounded, thank you.
My seventh Great-Grandfather, in a family cemetery
$2 gold coins would be a tenth of an ounce each. A gold Eagle 1 ounce coin had a face value of $20. Spot price today is $1915.00. Coins would be higher.
Which means that today’s $1 Federal Reserve Note is worth less than the kitchen match you might use to set one on fire.
The soldier had $200 in gold sewn into his waistband. Makes sense. I carry 5 (.10 oz) Austrian Ducats in my wallet.
That’s good, Bad and ugly all at the same time..............
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