Along with several other states of the Confederancy, Georgia held to the opinion that each state had a right to protect its self with the troops raised within that state and resisted efforts by the central Confederate government to assign state troops to post outside the state where their enlistments occurred.

I understand that at certain periods during the WBTS various states withheld clothing, food, and munitions from the Richmond Confederate Government while the Confederate armies were in dire need.

Georgia in particular felt that Georgia State Line Troops (John Brown's Pets) as well as North Carolina and a few other states felt that their supplies should be reserved to protect their individual states.

Dahlonega, I believe was the site of the 1st major gold strike in the U.S. Even today there are a few individuals who are able to supplement their income by gold mining on their own private property. Gainesville, Ga once was the site of a U.S. Mint established to produce gold speci from the Dahlonega area.

As a matter of info, my GG Grandfather's unit (The 13th/16th Battalion Georgia Cavalry was sent to Dahlonega to help control the uprising.