Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Alvah Crocker” in chapter 15, page 626 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2:
...l perpetuate to future generations the history of the service in which the Fitchburg volunteers have been or may be engaged.
Voted, to put one thousand dollars into the hands of Thomas R. Boutelle, Alvah Crocker , L. H. Bradford, Henry A. Willis, and Hanson L. Reed, to relieve incidental wants of soldiers belonging to the town as they may judge best.
The selectmen were authorized to pay
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