Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in chapter 1, page 14 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2:
...s men than was paid to those for three years. The reason was this: On the 4th of July, 1862, the President issued a call for three hundred thousand volunteers for three years service, of which number Massachusetts was to furnish fifteen thousand.
The towns immediately held meetings, appropriated money, and fixed the amount of the bounty which they authorized to be
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