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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;alpinex, post: 2226885, member: 34546&quot;]Helen Trenholm married James &quot;Jimmy&quot; Morgan in the Civil War, had a daughter, but died in 1866 from illness. James Morgan was quite a character. James Morgan wrote a book about his life &quot;Recollections of a Rebel Reefer&quot;, which is now public domain and can be downloaded on the internet. Very interesting stuff. In addition to being in the CSA Navy during the war and raiding northern commerce, escorting J. Davis &amp; family + CSA treasury during the evacuation of Richmond, traveling through Europe, serving in the Egyptian Army as a mercenary, his book recollects engineering and being present for the laying the cornerstone to the base of the Statue of Liberty, and speculating in silver mining in Mexico in the late 1800&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the paper money issue...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a side by side comparison:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/8MBJi6L.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is the image on the 1862 CSA Dollar at far right Lucy Pickens (as is current accepted knowledge) or is it Helen?</p><p><br /></p><p>Combined with this:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;...Mr. Trenholm&#039;s daughter, Helen, whose portrait appears on an issue of Confederate bank notes.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A Confederate Girl&#039;s Diary, by Sarah Morgan Dawson (sister-in-law of Helen Trenholm), published 1913, bottom of pg 264:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/stream/aconfederategir01dawsgoog#page/n291/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/stream/aconfederategir01dawsgoog#page/n291/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/stream/aconfederategir01dawsgoog#page/n291/mode/2up</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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