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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1506735, member: 22729&quot;]The only Civil War tokens made for military units (sutler tokens) were privately minted and issued by sutlers (merchants) who traveled with the army. They supplied (at a steep price) tobacco, shaving gear, food items and a whole bunch of other things the soldiers couldn&#039;t easily get elsewhere. Many of the sutler tokens and scrip used during the war to pay for the goods are very rare and as a result are pricey today. Not all units had traveling sutlers. As far as I know, there were no sutlers who traveled with the Confederates, it was purely a Union &quot;thing&quot;. A really interesting area of token collecting, but only for those with fairly deep pockets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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