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Our research into Money Matters of the Civil War Era continues.
We have new films planned, new programs, and new family-friendly publications for Lifelong Learners.
Our engaging stories, exhibits, films and books need your sponsorship!
Your support and federally tax-deductible contributions will enable us to continue to RESEARCH and to BROADLY SHARE NEW stories and sagas about "TEN TUMULTUOUS YEARS: 1857-1866" and Civil War Money!
NEW: General William T. Sherman & SS Central America
Union General William T Sherman was a BANKER before the start of the Civil War. ....
When the SS Central America Sank...it took down New York Bank stability...and sank William T. Sherman's career, too.
Connecting...the US Branch Mint in San Francisco with the Gold Rush...and Financial Career of William Sherman...BEFORE the Civil War. Author Rick Lank will interview "Banker Billy" on Saturday, May 30 about the days he rode unguarded through San Francisco with his saddlebags loaded with GOLD!
When the SS Central America Sank...it took down New York Bank stability...and sank William T. Sherman's career, too.
When the SS Central America Sank...it took down New York Bank stability...and sank William T. Sherman's career, too.
Connecting.. locating of the "Garden of Gold" that went down in 1857...and what havoc that disaster had on the hundreds of lives lost, New York Banks...and on Sherman's career. Meet Robert Evans, Historian & Curator who co-discovered the "Gold Rush"-era treasure ship, the S.S. Central America.
"Uncle Billy will join the "Ten Tumultuous Years" programs at PAN, May 28, 29, & 30, 2026.
"Uncle Billy will join the "Ten Tumultuous Years" programs at PAN, May 28, 29, & 30, 2026.
Author and master storyteller, Rick Lank, will interview "General Sherman" portrayed by Kris Gunvalson, and the SS Central America's esteemed Curator/Historian, Bob Evans...at the start the "Ten Tumultuous Years of the Civil War Money"
Exhibits and images representing this massive gold-treasure discovery
will be interpreted.
CIVIL WAR SHOWCASES--MONEY AND MEMORABILIA
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PAN Show May 28-30 2026
Welcome-E-SYLUM READERS! NEW PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!
NEW CONNECTIONS featured: Gold-Rush Era Gold & the San Francisco Mint connect the SS Central America...with General William T Sherman! Find out more ..at the MAY 2026 PAN Coin Show in Monroeville, PA. Contact Rick at cwshowcase@no-small-change.org for a copy of the SCHEDULE or for our News Release.