[98] bounty was increased to one hundred and fifty dollars, and so remained until the end of the war. Pittsfield furnished twelve hundred and one men for the war, which was a surplus of eighty-two over and above all demands. Fifty-eight were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was one hundred and twenty thousand and ten dollars and seventy-two cents ($120,010.72). The amount of money raised and expended for State aid to the families of volunteers during the four years of the war, and afterwards reimbursed to the town by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $976.12; in 1862, $5,161.34; in 1863, $8,162.00; in 1864, $1,200.00; in 1865, $10,781.53. Total amount, $36,980.99.
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[98] bounty was increased to one hundred and fifty dollars, and so remained until the end of the war. Pittsfield furnished twelve hundred and one men for the war, which was a surplus of eighty-two over and above all demands. Fifty-eight were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was one hundred and twenty thousand and ten dollars and seventy-two cents ($120,010.72). The amount of money raised and expended for State aid to the families of volunteers during the four years of the war, and afterwards reimbursed to the town by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $976.12; in 1862, $5,161.34; in 1863, $8,162.00; in 1864, $1,200.00; in 1865, $10,781.53. Total amount, $36,980.99.
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