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Keating & Ball (fl. 1864) [Ten dollar bill issued by the Confederate States of America]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07271.07.03 Author/Creator: Keating & Ball (fl. 1864) Place Written: Columbia, South Carolina Type: Printed document signed Date: 17 February 1864 Pagination: 1 bill ; 7.5 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

Signatures illegible on the bill printed by Keating & Ball. The money was in the wallet of Robert Bayly Winder, Captain and Assistant Quarter Master Confederate States of America (see GLC07271.07.01).

Major Richard Bayly Winder served as Quartermaster throughout the Civil War. He was a cousin of Gen. John H. Winder and was implicated in the mistreatment of prisoners at Andersonville Prison.

Keating & Ball, fl. 1864
Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894

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