10¢ Cent MONTGOMERY ALABAMA 1863 Confederate Dime CSA OLD Dixie Rebel War Money

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10¢ Cent MONTGOMERY ALABAMA 1863 Confederate Dime CSA OLD Dixie Rebel War Money:
$67.50

You are offerding on a Southern States Treasury 10 Cents note from Montgomery, Alabama. It was issuedon January 1st,1863. The center picture shows a map of Alabama hung on a tree. This bill,bearing Governor Shorter\'s signature, is a neat historical artifact. Payable in ConfederateState Treasury Notes.Receivable in payment for all public dues!Uniface (the back was not printed.)

Engraver: J. T. Patterson & Co.of Augusta, Ga.
Guaranteed authentic.

The outbreak of hostilities in 1861 found the Southern States in the worst position compared to the North, which had more manufacturing, arms production and industrial power. The South, because of its lack of resources, was forced to look to Europe. The already strong links from the cotton trade made Liverpool the obvious choice for organising supplies and aid for the Confederacy. A fleet of Confederate blockade-runners and naval cruisers were built on Merseyside to keep this vital cotton supply line open.

Construction of ships

James Dunwoody Bulloch, a Confederate naval officer, arrived in Liverpool on 4 June 1861 with orders to buy or have constructed 6 steam vessels suitable for use as commerce destroyers against the Union. He contacted the Liverpool firm of Fraser, Trenholm & Co, a prominent commercial house in the city, who were to act as financial agents to the Confederate Government and finance the building of these vessels.

In July 1861, a contract was signed with shipbuilders Laird Brothers, for vessel number 290, known as Enrica. On 29 July 1862 Enrica went to sea supposedly for trials with various dignitaries on board. After putting them off by a tug she quietly sailed off for the Azores to take on armaments and ammunition and begin life as the blockade-runner CSS Alabama.

Compensation for damage

Captain Raphael Semmes took command of the Alabama on 13 August. From that time until June 1864 she captured and burned 55 Union merchantmen worth $4,500,000 and bonded ten others to the value of $562,000. On 19 June 1864, the Alabama met the USS Kearsage off Cherbourg, France. After a spectacular battle watched by thousands on the French coast, the Alabama was sunk.

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