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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 4: Bristol County. (search)
orge A. Washburn. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to act upon questions relating to the war, was held on the 27th of April, when the town voted to furnish a complete uniform to each soldier who should enlist from Taunton, and should be accepted and mustered into the service of the United States; also, to pay each a bounty of fifteen dollars, and such a sum per month as would make his pay twenty-six dollars a month, when added to what was paid by the Government. Samuel L. Crocker, Henry Williams, Thompson Newbury, Lovett Morse, Harrison Tweed, Samuel O. Dunbar, and Le Baron B. Church were chosen a committee to carry these votes into effect. Another town-meeting was held on the 13th of July, and six thousand dollars were appropriated for the payment of State aid to the families of soldiers; and still another meeting was held on the 10th of October, when ten thousand dollars additional were voted for the same purpose. 1862. A town-meeting was held on the 14th of August, at whi