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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;swish513, post: 2330849, member: 22068&quot;]It was the same way during the Civil War. Gold was not for the common folk. From what I have read, you could get pay in paper and silver, or get gold at a premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I was in the Civil War nearly one year; was with Sherman on the march to the sea; went from Savannah, Georgia, to Beaufort, South Carolina, on a coaster, and marched there to Washington, D.C., where we witnessed the Grand Review. We were then transferred to Springfield and discharged. We received $16 per month for services rendered and if we wanted a gold dollar we paid $2.80 in greenbacks to get it.&quot;</p><p>-from the book <u>Esrom and Mary Hutchings and Their Descendants</u> written by William H. Hutchings[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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