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Show A Successful Counterfeit. Onr rations while in Richmond we estimated es-timated at two to four ounces of beef and six to eight ounces of good wheat bread. To supplement this we made counterfeit greenbacks, which we were Bometinies able to pass on unsuspecting guards. Once, byenttingoutthe figures from a ten cent scrip and with a little blood 'gluing this over tho figure one in a dollar greenback, myself and three comrades bought with this bogus ten dollar bill ninety loaves of good bread, and it was the only time while I was in tho Confederacy that I made a full meal. Century. |