There is little evidence in the historical record to suggest that an Army detachment lost a gold shipment in the Pennsylvania wilderness, but the legend has inspired generations of treasure hunters.
Dennis Parada waged a legal battle to force the FBI to turn over records of its excavation in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, where local lore says an 1863 shipment of Union gold disappeared on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
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