I have summed up the amounts of patriotic contributions
received by the army in Virginia, and registered on my book, and they amount to
$1,515,898.*
The people of the respective States contributed as follows:
North Carolina
|
$325,417
|
Alabama
|
317,600
|
Mississippi
|
272,670
|
Georgia
|
244,885
|
South Carolina
|
137,206
|
Texas
|
87,800
|
Louisiana
|
61,950
|
Virginia*
|
48,070
|
Tennessee
|
17,000
|
Florida
|
2,350
|
Arkansas
|
950
|
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* Virginia undoubtedly contributed more than any other
State, but they were not registered.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 113-4
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