Confeerate Gold refers to the hidden caches of gold lost after the U.S. Civil War. Millions of dollars worth of gold was lost or unaccounted for after the civil war and has been the speculation of many historians and treasure hunters. Some of the treasure was hidden in order to wait for the rerising of the south and at other times simply so that the Union would not gain possession. Many of the treasures hidden were purportedly done so by the Knights of the Golden Circle.