Civil War Gold Hoax, also known as the Bogus Proclamation of 1864 was an 1864 unsuccessful financial hoax perpetrated during the American Civil War by...

Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...

became known as "Howard's Proclamation" or the "Great Civil War Gold Hoax" and held as a prisoner of war at Fort Lafayette. Joseph Howard Jr. was born in Brooklyn...

financial situation during early part of 1864, a plot known as the Civil War gold hoax. On May 18, two New York City newspapers, the New York World and...

editor Joseph Howard Jr. organized the "Great Civil War Gold Hoax", for which he was held as a prisoner of war. Henry Jarvis Raymond, born in Lima, founder...

Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. May 18 – Civil War gold hoax: The New York World and the New York Journal of Commerce publish...

begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta. May 18 – Civil War gold hoax: The New York World and the New York Journal of Commerce publish...

document to manipulate the price of gold on the New York Stock Exchange resulting in the "Great Civil War Gold Hoax". Francis Mallison was born in Rome...

claims about Die Glocke as being pseudoscientific, recycled rumors, and a hoax. Die Glocke and other alleged Nazi "miracle weapons" have been dramatized...

California's involvement in the American Civil War included sending gold east to support the war effort, recruiting volunteer combat units to replace...