“Immediately after the war, there was a Confederate cache of gold, silver, and other valuables. Loyal Confederates collected the treasure with the intention of funding the war effort. The value was estimated to be as high as $3 million. Initially Union forces intercepted it; however, the bulk of the treasure has gone missing. Neither the Union soldiers left in its charge nor captive Confederates will speak to its whereabouts. The inventory was lackluster, and documents were poorly kept. Now either they are lying and keeping it stored somewhere secret, or it has been lost. Union soldiers loaded about two-thirds of the gold onto two freight cars on route to Michigan. Somehow the train made it to its destination with two train cars miraculously missing and no gold. The engineer claims to have no knowledge of any robbery. The investigators interrogated several individuals and discovered that an unknown group tampered with the train at one of the stops in Ohio. The assumed railroad workers moved two cars from the train and reattached the cars to the end of the train after the caboose. This was supposedly done without the engineer’s knowledge. Somewhere along the way, our suspects separated the train cars while in motion. Confederate officers discreetly used the remaining one-third of the gold to pay off the wages owed to Confederate soldiers. We will make no attempt to recover this money as it falls in line with the Reconstruction goals. However, we must further investigate to find out who stole the rest. I am not sure if I am more impressed by the finesse of this heist, or more frustrated with the soldiers that were incompetent or criminal.”Immediately after the war, there was a Confederate cache of gold, silver, and other valuables. Loyal Confederates collected the treasure with the intention of funding the war effort. The value was estimated to be as high as $3 million. Initially Union forces intercepted it; however, the bulk of the treasure has gone missing. Neither the Union soldiers left in its charge nor captive Confederates will speak to its whereabouts. The inventory was lackluster, and documents were poorly kept. Now either they are lying and keeping it stored somewhere secret, or it has been lost. Union soldiers loaded about two-thirds of the gold onto two freight cars on route to Michigan. Somehow the train made it to its destination with two train cars miraculously missing and no gold. The engineer claims to have no knowledge of any robbery. The investigators interrogated several individuals and discovered that an unknown group tampered with the train at one of the stops in Ohio. The assumed railroad workers moved two cars from the train and reattached the cars to the end of the train after the caboose. This was supposedly done without the engineer’s knowledge. Somewhere along the way, our suspects separated the train cars while in motion. Confederate officers discreetly used the remaining one-third of the gold to pay off the wages owed to Confederate soldiers. We will make no attempt to recover this money as it falls in line with the Reconstruction goals. However, we must further investigate to find out who stole the rest. I am not sure if I am more impressed by the finesse of this heist, or more frustrated with the soldiers that were incompetent or criminal.
-Andrew Johnson 1867″
I feel like humans loose so much gold, it’s a wonder that we have any left. Why is there so much lost gold? Is it that we are always seeking treasures, and there must be something worth finding if we just keep looking? I wouldn’t mind finding this gold either, I’m just saying. Maybe gold is just rare because we keep loosing it. Like the whole diamond conspiracy, where diamonds are actually common, but they are mostly kept in vaults to keep the prices high.
-Veritas
The U.S. President's Book of Secrets 