Treasury notes issued by the Confederate Government during the American Civil War have been researched and collected for over 150 years by many thousands of numismatists and enthusiasts. The Confederate Treasury issued over $1.5 billion in Treasury notes between 1861 and 1865, evidenced by seventy different designs and some eighty-five million individual notes of various denominations. The Confederate Treasury was severely incapacitated when Federal forces captured Columbia, South Carolina, on February 17th, 1865; this city was the operational base for the Treasury Note Bureau and for the engraving and printing companies that serviced it. The fatal blow came two on April 3rd, 1865, with the fall of Richmond, Virginia. Both cities suffered serious damage in the days following their occupation, particularly Columbia, where most documents related to the Treasury Note Bureau were lost or destroyed. 

Fortunately, the Federal Government took steps to secure any documents from Confederate Government departments in Richmond, including those of the Treasury. These documents were packed into wagons and transported to Washington D.C. The Federal Government hoped that these records might contain information which could be used in the prosecution of President Davis and other prominent Confederates, especially in relation to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, although this did not transpire. These documents - labelled as the "Rebel Archives" - are still stored in the National Archives in Washington D.C.

This website frames the world of Confederate Treasury notes, with sections providing an overview of:

- The seventy recognised types of notes issued between 1861 and 1865 and how to find out more

- The engraving and printing companies who manufactured the notes and how to find out more

- The clerks who were authorized to sign notes and how to find out more

- The financial and other details recorded by Raphael Thian in the "Register of the Confederate Debt"

- The Author's project to create a complete and accurate database of Confederate Treasury notes

- The creation of a new "Digital Register of Confederate Treasury Notes" which can now be accessed

- A selection of other useful reports which collectors can use freely for reference purposes

- A selection of published articles written by the Editor