Category: American Civil War

• The Jefferson Davis "Gold Train"

  This theory held that as the Confederacy collapsed, Jefferson Davis fled south with a hidden treasure train carrying vast sums in gold and silver, then concealed part of it in Georgia to finance a renewed Confederate struggle or “Second Revolution.” The historical record clearly shows that a Confederate treasury train did leave with Davis’s government in April 1865 and that real specie, bullion, and valuables were involved. It also shows that portions of the treasure were dispersed, stolen, recovered, or lost amid chaos in Georgia. What remains unproven is the stronger legend that Davis personally hid a great reserve in the woods for a future insurgent return.