February 17, 1864---"Bluebacks"

FEBRUARY 17, 1864:         

The seventh, and last, issue of Confederate currency is released.

The $5 bill is also known as the “Lincoln assassination note” as one was found in his pocket after his death.

Most of the denominations had no reverse engraving, just a blue back with a simple number for denomination, since the engraver’s plates, made in London, had been captured aboard an interdicted blockade runner.

The Confederacy’s “Partisan Ranger Act” is repealed due to the fact that most of the “Partisan Rangers” have degenerated into outlaws. Only John S. Mosby’s troop in eastern Virginia and J. H. McNeill’s troop in western Virginia retain their legal status as Partisan Rangers.