wlb42
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- Dec 4, 2011
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- Metal Detecting
I carry an 1844 U.S. silver Seated Quarter that I found 3/27/2015 with a metal detector in Georgia. It is a typical coin that would have been carried by a Union or even a Confederate Soldier during the Civil War 1861-1865. And in the beginning also how the Soldiers were paid & been carrying, before they started paying in the "fiat" paper currency, and history tells us, which many soldiers didn't like the paper & didn't trust (for some of us Life doesn't change).
An enlisted Union soldier would have been paid about 50-cents a day ($13 a month), and would have been paid & been carrying $1 Seated Dollars, 50-cent Seated Halfs & Seated quarters & dimes. And an Officer, 1st & 2nd Lieutenant was paid a little over $25 a week ($105.50 per month) and paid usually in a combination of Gold coins, $20-$10-$5 and even $2.50 & $1.00 gold coins in circulation at that time. Officers liked GOLD.
In the Union infantry and artillery, officer's pay was as follows, at the start of the war: Colonels, $212; Lieutenant Colonels, $181; Majors, $169; Captains, $115.50; and Lieutenants, $105.50 as mentioned above. Other line and staff officers drew an average of about $15 per month more. Pay for one, two, and three star Generals was $315, $457, and $758, respectively.
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 BG for example, drew $301 instead of $315 per month; Confederate Colonels of the infantry received $195, and those of artillery, engineers, and cavalry was $210.
YES, my silver pocket piece reminds me of a lot of HISTORY and the hobby of Numismatics (coin collecting) which I love. Here is a link below & picture of my coin and information how I found it:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...ter-found-today-brief-hunt-my-whites-mx5.html
An enlisted Union soldier would have been paid about 50-cents a day ($13 a month), and would have been paid & been carrying $1 Seated Dollars, 50-cent Seated Halfs & Seated quarters & dimes. And an Officer, 1st & 2nd Lieutenant was paid a little over $25 a week ($105.50 per month) and paid usually in a combination of Gold coins, $20-$10-$5 and even $2.50 & $1.00 gold coins in circulation at that time. Officers liked GOLD.
In the Union infantry and artillery, officer's pay was as follows, at the start of the war: Colonels, $212; Lieutenant Colonels, $181; Majors, $169; Captains, $115.50; and Lieutenants, $105.50 as mentioned above. Other line and staff officers drew an average of about $15 per month more. Pay for one, two, and three star Generals was $315, $457, and $758, respectively.
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 BG for example, drew $301 instead of $315 per month; Confederate Colonels of the infantry received $195, and those of artillery, engineers, and cavalry was $210.
YES, my silver pocket piece reminds me of a lot of HISTORY and the hobby of Numismatics (coin collecting) which I love. Here is a link below & picture of my coin and information how I found it:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...ter-found-today-brief-hunt-my-whites-mx5.html
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