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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 3: Berkshire County. (search)
500.29. The ladies of Great Barrington formed a Soldiers' Aid Society on the 2d of May, 1861, which met once a week, to do soldiers' work, until the close of the war. We have not been able to procure a detailed account of their labors, but this fact may be taken as an illustration of their entire course. Immediately after the battle of the Wilderness, in May, 1864, they raised twenty-two hundred and eighty-two dollars for the benefit of the sick and wounded. Hancock Incorporated July 2, 1776. Population in 1860, 816; in 1865, 967. Valuation in 1860, $494,484; in 1865, $490,299. The selectmen in 1861 were Gardner Eldridge, H. H. Whitman, C. P. Lapham; in 1862, H. H. Whitman, D. H. Gardner, J. C. Gorton; in 1863, 1864, and 1865, H. H. Whitman, R. L. Mason, James R. Whitman. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was Charles B. Wells. The town-treasurer during the years 1861, 1862, and 1863, was Thomas E. Hadsell; in 1864, M. L. White; in 1865, Silas G. Danley.