Saturday, October 3, 2015

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 11, 1862

I have summed up the amounts of patriotic contributions received by the army in Virginia, and registered on my book, and they amount to $1,515,898.*

The people of the respective States contributed as follows:

North Carolina
$325,417
Alabama
317,600
Mississippi
272,670
Georgia
244,885
South Carolina
137,206
Texas
87,800
Louisiana
61,950
Virginia*
48,070
Tennessee
17,000
Florida
2,350
Arkansas
950
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* Virginia undoubtedly contributed more than any other State, but they were not registered.

SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 113-4

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