In the Shadow of Gold A Tale of the Lost Confederate Treasure As Grant was about to take Richmond in early April of 1865, two trains left the city in the dark of night. One carried Jefferson Davis and his cabinet. The other carried the Confederate treasury, guarded by midshipmen from the CSA navy. Weeks later, Davis was captured by federal troops, but the treasure was nowhere to be found. The mystery of the lost gold has never been solved. In the Shadow of Gold tells the story of Yancey Arvindale, a young midshipman who figures out how to make some of the treasure his own. But when Yancey falls in love with Ellie, an enslaved woman wanted for murder, his plans for the gold change in ways that affect her life and the lives of their progeny for generations to come.