City Scrip Issued during the Civil War
Corporation of Chattanooga
The first note is totally printed in black on the front and dated August
7,1861 under act of July 10,1861 with a red flag on the back. The note
comes with and without a red serial number. The second note has a blue
front and was hand numbered signed and dated with the denomination on
the back. It was dated June 1861, but above it is printed "Issued under
the Act of the Corporation Of Chattanooga, August 15,1861. The notes are
signed by a president and c.c., not a mayor and treasurer. These are probably
not Chattanooga issues, but possibly could have been a splinter issue.
Tennessee voted to leave the Union on June 8, 1861, but Hamilton
County voted against it even though Chattanooga voted to leave. Hamilton
County was the most Southern County to vote to remain in the Union. This
led to conflict in the county. As a result many residents fled north. The
low denomination notes, with a $5 redemption, may have been issued to
defraud the public. Garland's book indicates these maybe fantasy notes. The
second note printed in blue is much scarcer (R-14).
$0.15 Corporation Chattanooga, Train in oval G-1297
$0.15 Corporation Chattanooga, back vignette G-1297
$0.15 Corporation Chattanooga, back with note Siezed at Port royal
The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the Civil War, in which a
United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South
Carolina, on November 8, 1861.
from Bill Swafford II
$0.15 Corporation Chattanooga, Train & Hunter G-1297A
$0.15 Corporation Chattanooga, back G-1297A
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