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ca.
1861 Southern Express Company's Telegraph cover to Greensboro, North
Carolina, telegraph message was delivered in envelope, endorsed that
telegraph charges had been prepaid
The
Adams Express was reorganized as the Southern Express Company at the
onset of the war. The Southern Telegraph Company took over the American
Telegraph Company's lines. The standard rate for messages conveyed by
telegraph was probably 50 cents for the first ten words as it was in the
North at the time.
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1861
Half Dollar minted in New Orleans, Louisiana
The
United States branch mint at New Orleans continued to manufacture half
dollars after the secession of Louisiana. In April 1861 some 962,633 of
these coins were delivered to the Confederacy. These coins can be
distinguished from previous coins because of the presence of a die crack
on the obverse. The mint was closed on April 30, 1861.
obverse
showing die crack from rim to just under the nose
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