[17]. Acts of Ala., passim. Notes of the State and of State banks were hoarded while Confederate notes were distrusted.—Pollard, Lost Cause, p. 421.
[18]. Acts of Ala., Nov. 9, 1861; Schwab, p. 8. It was considered a matter of patriotism to invest funds in Confederate securities. Not many other investments offered; there was little trade in negroes.—Pollard, Lost Cause, p. 424.
[19]. Acts of Ala., Dec. 8, 1863.
[20]. Acts of Ala., Dec. 13, 1864.
[21]. Clark, Finance and Banking, in the Memorial Record of Alabama, Vol. I, p. 341. Statement of J. H. Fitts.
[22]. Patton’s Message, Jan. 16, 1866.
[23]. The 19th of April is so known in New England, particularly in Massachusetts.
[24]. Although this has been printed in all the histories of the Revolution, it remained for the Massachusetts S. A. R. to make it complete by adding the place where killed, the home, and the age of each of the victims, and I am indebted to Mr. H. W. Kimball, the Society’s Registrar, for the use of it.
[25]. San Saba.