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

by Wesley Millett, Gerald White
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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.

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Book details

Author
Wesley Millett, Gerald White
Imprint
Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Subjects
History › United States › Civil War Period (1850-1877)
History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Topics
Civil War history · American South · 19th century history · lost treasure · Civil War era
ISBN-13
9781581826692 (Paperback)9781581825831 (Hardcover)

About the authors

WESLEY MILLETT was a researcher and writer based in Massachusetts and a graduate of the University of Virginia who received early writing instruction from noted authors, including William Faulkner. He co-authored The Rebel and the Rose: James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold with Gerald White.

Millett contributed articles to national and international publications over more than three decades and owned a consulting business specializing in marketing research.

GERALD WHITE is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and the co-author of The Rebel and the Rose: James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold, a project that took more than ten years to complete.

White served as an instructor at the Army War College and held senior leadership positions in Air Force intelligence before his retirement. He is the author of several books on recent U.S. military operations.

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