csa camps

[breed12]

my grandpa told me that if the men at the csa camp was to go into battle that they would burrie there money or anything in there pockets so that the yankies couldn't rob them if they have died in battle this is what his dad told him breed12

 

[dirty digger dude]

I suppose it's possible. I think most of what pay/money they had was used right away to buy the things that perticular soilier deemed essential such as liquor, tobacco, extra food, boot replacements, small arms/weapon lost in battle or in camp and of course with the ladies that followed the soldiers everywhere.

 

[RvaDiggn]

Unlike the Union I don' think they fought for pay. Most Confederate soldiers probably didn't have much money I would think. Towards the end of the war lot's didn't even have shoes on there feet.(they were very expensive)

 

[HUNTER12]

I agree, Most spent there money right after getting paid. But what they did throw away on both sides before going into a fight, was playing card, dice, porno pictures and drawings of that era. Soldiers north and south didn't want to meet there maker with such things in there pockets.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I thought the confederates were paid with paper money (when they were paid that is) it's not likely that a stash would survive if so. Of course like any fighting men of that time, I doubt that any pay they got would have lasted long enough to hide.

 

[Cass]

My memory may have me wrong about this, but seems to me I read of some well documented cases of where some CSA troops were paid off in Spanish Silver. Pay days for troops were often sparodic if at all.The ability of the South to have funds for the troops in the first place was always strained and I am thinking maybe Spanish Silver may have been much more prefered than the paper money. The Spanish Silver dug from time to time at camp/battle sites may be from such paydays. That Spanish coin paydays should be easily checked out and would be a good rainy day research project. HH, y'all! Cass

 

[Lonnie]

Even though the csa soldiers didn't have much as far as money it has been common in some of the battle field areas to find a small cache of coins in the remnants of a leather pouch. I saw a couple of these finds when I lived in N.C. that came from battlefield areas. I guess the csa soldiers were like their brothers on the opposite end of the field of battle in as much that they would pilfer a dead enemy soldier. I'm sure I would have!!

 

[relichunters]

Many people buried their money and other valuable items, it's true. That is why many cache's are found. They used anything from glass bottles to jewelery boxes, or pottery.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

The Confederate pay structure was modeled after that of the US Army. Privates continued to be paid at the prewar rate of $11 per month until June '64, when the pay of all enlisted men was raised $7 per month. Confederate officer's pay was a few dollars lower than that of the their Union counterparts. A Southern B.G for example, drew $301 instead of $315 per month; Confederate colonels of the infantry received $195, and those of artillery, engineers, and cavalry go $210. While the inflation of Confederate Money reduced the actual value of a Southerner's military pay, this was somewhat counterbalanced by the fact that promotion policies in the South were more liberal.
As for the pay of non commissioned officers, when Southern privates were making $11 per month, corporals were making $13, "buck" sergeants $17, first sergeants $20, and engineer sergeants were drawing $34. About the same ratio existed in the Northern army between the pay of privates and noncommissioned officers.
Soldiers were supposed to be paid every two months in the field, but they were fortunate if they got their pay at four-month intervals (in the Union Army) and authentic instances are recorded where they went six and eight months. Payment in the Confederate Army was even slower and less regular.