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Draws fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and today

The Rebel and the Rose: James a Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold Spanish First come the grave robbersIn 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