" First issue of notes
made by the Confederate States This was paid to JnoWGreen at Manassas then a Confederate Soldier & Sent by him through the lines to his Wife in Alexandria Va to keep and not part with unless compelled to do so for necessities of life This was the 1st issue paid the troops after the Battle of Bull Run in 1861 This note she carried with her on her person to the end of the War & this [ account ] is made by her husband after the close of the War then Maj Jno W Green Inspct Gen 2nd District of SC " in ink on reverse . Second portion of manuscript outlines Greens service . John W . Green was born at Darien , Georgia 14 November 1834 . He entered rail road service in 1857 . In 1861 he was Chief Engineer for the Shreveport & Texas line . Civil War service as Private , Adjutant of Battalion , Lieutenant , Captain , and Major of engineer troops . He served with General Hardee and later with General Joe Johnston . Following the War , and as a citizen Green continued in railroading . He has been a chief engineer , superintendent , and beginning in 1881 , general manager of the Georgia Railroad . - National Encyclopedia of American Biography 1906 Currency shows hard use . There are two strips of tape ~ an older repair that reinforces .
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