Plan je bio efikasan, toliko efikasan da su sledeće godine, 1863, kad su se Federacijske i Konfederacijske snage spremale za odlučujuće bitke rata i kad je
This scheme was effective so effective that the next year, 1863, with Federal and Confederate troops beginning to mass for the decisive battle of the Civil War, and the Treasury in need of further Congressional authority to issue more Greenbacks,