Edward C. Elmore
Edward Carrington Elmore ( – 1873) served as the Treasurer of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. His signature appears on collectible Confederate currency, and he designed several of the Confederacy's coins. Biography Elmore was a well-educated native of Columbia, South Carolina. Some accounts have him a native of Alabama; he was related to Judge John A. Elmore, who had been law partners with William Lowndes Yancey, and he "was related to leading families in Alabama and South Carolina." American Revolutionary War General John Archer Elmore was his grandfather. He received his education at South Carolina College. He became a prominent banker and married the daughter of a prominent family, Caroline Elizabeth Sims, on April 7, 1852. Shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War, he moved to Montgomery, Alabama. Shortly after the creation of the Confederacy, President Jefferson Davis recommended Elmore as its first treasurer, a decision endorsed by the Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger and ratified by the Provisional Confederate Congress. He took office on March 6, 1861. In his official capacity, Elmore had to receive, count, keep, and disburse government funds in cooperation with the Congress and other agencies. All