Day 95: March 31st 1861, The Confederacy takes over the US Mint...

Day 95: March 31st 1861, The Confederacy takes over the US Mint...

(New Orleans, Louisiana) – As part of 77 WABC’s countdown to America’s 250th birthday, we look back at a key early moment in the Civil War. On March 31, 1861, Confederate forces took control of the United States Mint in New Orleans, securing one of the South’s most valuable financial assets. The facility had already fallen under Louisiana state control earlier in the year after the state seceded from the Union in January 1861. But by the end of …