Bank of Chattanooga
Obsolete Notes

Notes Printed Over Bank of East TN Currency

Overview
Much of the western Civil War action in 1862 and 1863 was fought in or near Tennessee: Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shilo, Corinth, Nashville, Mufreesboro, and Chattanooga.

W. E. McClure, J. C. Warner, A Wbisehim and I. R. Schulland signed notes of this period as as president. W. D. Fulton signed all the notes of these periods as cashier. Some sources indicate W. E. McClure, J. C. Warner, A Wbisehim and I. R. Schulland signed for the president John Overton while other sources indicate they were bank presidents at the time. (Note: The spelling of A Wbisehim and I. R. Schulland may be incorrect.)

The notes of 1862 were reduced in size and printed over Bank of East Tennessee unissued sheets of notes because of the shortage of good bank note paper. Most of the Bank of East Tennessee had red denomination reverse designs that can be seen on the face of the Bank of Chattanooga $1, $2 and $3 notes. Good bank note paper was not available because the blockade of the South halted importing it from Europe. These notes were the first Bank of Chattanooga notes payable in Confederate currency. Varieties of this type include notes printed in black and red ink.

A unique overprinting error indicates the $1, 2, and 3 were printed on the same sheet.

The reverse of the $1 G-53, $2 G-67 and $1 G-54 are shown rotated 90 degrees to indicate how they were printed over the Bank of East Tennessee $3 / $5 sheet.

$1 Notes
There are six varieties of the $1 notes. All varieties are listed as fairly common except G-56 listed as R-14(2-4 notes known). However, none are currently known.

$1 Train in Oval, black 1 G-52
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Top Right Enlargement G-52	Top Right Enlargement of G-53

$1 Train in Oval, inverted pyramid top right design G-53
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Block Bank Title Enlargement G-53	Shaded Bank Title Enlargement of G-54

$1 Train in Oval, title shaded, small date G-54
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Small City & Date $3 G-83 enlarged	Large City & Date $3 G-79 enlarged

$1 Train in Oval, red 1 and GOOD G-55
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$1 Train in Oval, red 1, GOOD & ONE DOLLAR G-57
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$2 Notes
There are six common varieties of the $2 note listed. However, the G-66 variety comes with 2.5 darts on the upper left and lower right and with a 2.5 darts lower left and upper right.

$2 Train in Oval, black flat bottom 2, lg. date, 2.5 darts LL & UR G-66
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UR 2.5 / LR 3 darts $2 G-66 enlarged	UR 3 / LR 2.5 darts $2 G-66.1 enlarged

$2 Train in Oval, black flat bottom 2, lg. date, 2.5 darts UL & LR G-66.1
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$2 Train in Oval, black curved bottom 2, small date G-67
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$2 Train in Oval, golf tee design around TWO DOLLARS G-68
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Golf Tee design $2 G-68 enlarged

$2 Train in Oval, red 2 & good G-69
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$2 Train in Oval, red 2, good & TWO DOLLARS G-70
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$2 Train in Oval, red 2 & good, golf tees around TWO DOLLARS G-71
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$3 Notes
There are seven varieties of the $3 overprinted notes. All varieties are listed as fairly common (R-3 to R-10) except G-83 listed as R-15(1 known).

$3 Ship in Oval, black 3, large date G-79
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$3 Train in Oval, black 3, end dot design square G-80
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$3 Train in Oval, black 3, end dot design arched G-81
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$3 Train in Oval, red 3 & GOOD, end dot design square G-82
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$3 Train in Oval, red 3 & GOOD, end dot design square, blue paper G-83
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$3 Train in Oval, red 3 & GOOD, end dot design arched G-84
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$3 Train in Oval, red 3, GOOD, & THREE DOLLARS, end dot design arched G-85
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