James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold
In April 1865, as Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled to Richmond, a navy paymaster, James S. Semple, was entrusted with all that was left of the Confederate treasury--and he and the gold soon disappeared. Millett and White reveal for the first time what happened.
James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold
In April 1865, as Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled to Richmond, a navy paymaster, James S. Semple, was entrusted with all that was left of the Confederate treasury--and he and the gold soon disappeared. Millett and White reveal for the first time what happened.