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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 13: Plymouth County. (search)
n the service of disease, his children shall receive proper education, and be put to some honest and honorable calling or pursuit, not as a charity but as a debt due. Voted, that each volunteer be furnished with a uniform, and a revolver and Bowie knife. This vote was subsequently reconsidered as far as it related to revolvers and Bowie knives. Artemas Hale, Joseph A. Hyde, Mitchel Hooper, Lafayette Keith, and Joshua E. Crane were appointed to carry the foregoing votes into effect. Rev. Mr. Douglas was invited to close the meeting with prayer. May 20th, Further provision was made for the comfort of the families of soldiers. The committee appointed to recruit a military company reported that eighty-five native citizens of the town had signed a roll, but no more three-months men would be accepted; many of the men enlisted for three years and were sent to Fortress Monroe under the command of Captain Libeas Leach, and afterwards were part of the Twenty-Ninth Regiment Massachusetts V
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
1st of March, 1865, and any unappropriated money raised to reimburse individuals who had contributed of their private means to pay bounties may be used for this purpose. The treasurer was also authorized to borrow two thousand dollars in addition thereto. August 30th, Voted, to pay the bounties in gold. 1865. The town voted to raise six thousand five hundred dollars to reimburse citizens who had voluntarily contributed of their private means to pay bounties and encourage recruiting. Douglas furnished about two hundred and fifty men for the war, and at the end had a surplus of fourteen over and above all demands. Five were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was thirty thousand seven hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-six cents ($30,734.76). The amount of money paid by the town for State aid to soldiers' families during the war, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
Carlisle 391 Carver 540 Charlestown 393 Charlemont 259 Charlton 618 Chatham 33 Chelmsford 399 Chelsea 591 Cheshire 66 Chester 299 Chesterfield 334 Chicopee 300 Chilmark 164 Clarksburg 68 Clinton 619 Cohasset 491 Colerain 260 Concord 401 Conway 261 Cummington 335 D. Dalton 69 Dana 621 Danvers 184 Dartmouth 124 Dedham 493 Deerfield 262 Dennis 35 Dighton 125 Dorchester 497 Douglas 622 Dover 500 Dracut 402 Dudley 624 Dunstable 404 Duxbury 542 E. East Bridgewater 543 Eastham 37 Easthampton 336 Easton 127 Edgartown 166 Egremont 71 Enfield 339 Erving 264 Essex 187 F. Fairhaven 130 Falmouth 38 Fall River 133 Fitchburg 625 Florida 73 Foxborough 501 Framingham 405 Franklin 502 Freetown 137 G. Gardner 628 Georgetown 188 Gill 265 Gloucester 191 Goshen 341 G