"T" is for Trenholm, George Alfred (1807-1876). Merchant. Financier. A native Charlestonian, as a teenager Trenholm went to work for John Frazier and Company, a well-respected firm that specialized in selling sea island cotton. By the early 1850s, he was the senior partner in the company, which had become the leading commercial house in the city and one of the most prominent in the south, with branches in New York and Liverpool. When the Civil War began, Trenholm placed the ample financial resources of the firm at the disposal of the Confederate government. His shipping interest played a vital role in running the Union blockade of the southern coast. The firm's Liverpool branch became the overseas depository for the Confederate Treasury. In 1864, George Alfred Trenholm was appointed the Confederacy's Secretary of the Treasury.
'T' is for Trenholm, George Alfred (1807-1876)
