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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
the money. James N. Merriam, John A. Batchelder, Andrew P. Averill, Farnum Stiles, and Stephen O. Crane were chosen to assist the selectmen in recruiting men. August 16th, The same bounty was directed to be paid to men who enlist for nine months service, and are credited to the town. 1863. November 3d, The selectmen were authorized with full power to settle the claim of the Commonwealth against the town, in regard to payment of bounties, as provided in section 9th of the act approved April 9, 1863. 1864. Several meetings were held during this year, at which measures were taken to obtain volunteers to fill the quota of the town, to raise money to pay bounties, and to refund money to individual citizens which they had advanced to encourage recruiting; and the same general course was pursued until the end of the war. Middleton furnished one hundred and twenty men for the war, which was a surplus of ten over and above all demands. None were commissioned officers. The whole amo