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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 4: Bristol County. (search)
itia for three months service, April 14, 1861, Company B, of the Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Militia, which belonged to Easton, was ordered to join the Regiment; and with it immediately left the State for Fortress Monroe, at which place it arrived the war, was held on the 29th of April, at which it was voted to pay to each inhabitant (except commissioned officers) of Easton, when called into the military service of the country, fifteen dollars as a gift, and fifteen dollars a month for each mo by taxation ten thousand dollars for recruiting expenses, and the payment of bounties to volunteers to fill the quota of Easton, under the recent calls of the President for more men. July 26th, Voted, to raise money by taxation, and to pay a bounty who have served one year in the military service shall not be taxed to pay any part of said amounts. The selectmen of Easton reported in 1866 that the town had furnished three hundred and thirty-four men for the war, Forty-six of whom died in
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 8: Hampden County. (search)
Valuation in 1860, $593,595; in 1865, $604,200. The selectmen in 1861 were Carmi Shurtleff, Abram Rising, Luther Fowler; in 1862, A. J. Marvin, A. F. Webb, A. P. Easton; in 1863 and 1864, A. P. Easton, A. J. Marvin, A. F. Webb; in 1865, A. P. Easton, N. S. Noble, A. J. Forward. The town-clerk during all the years of the warA. P. Easton, A. J. Marvin, A. F. Webb; in 1865, A. P. Easton, N. S. Noble, A. J. Forward. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was C. J. Root. The town-treasurer during the years 1861 and 1862 was Heaton Granger; in 1863, Herman Laflin; in 1864 and 1865, S. L. Granger. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to consider questions relating to the war, was held November 26th, at which it was voted to raise three hundred dollars to pay State aid to the famA. P. Easton, N. S. Noble, A. J. Forward. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was C. J. Root. The town-treasurer during the years 1861 and 1862 was Heaton Granger; in 1863, Herman Laflin; in 1864 and 1865, S. L. Granger. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to consider questions relating to the war, was held November 26th, at which it was voted to raise three hundred dollars to pay State aid to the families of soldiers living in the town, as provided by the act of the Legislature. 1862. July 12th, Voted, to raise sixteen hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the selectmen for the same purpose; and five hundred dollars were directed to be paid for the benefit of the families or parents of volunteers belonging
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
hester 299 Chesterfield 334 Chicopee 300 Chilmark 164 Clarksburg 68 Clinton 619 Cohasset 491 Colerain 260 Concord 401 Conway 261 Cummington 335 D. Dalton 69 Dana 621 Danvers 184 Dartmouth 124 Dedham 493 Deerfield 262 Dennis 35 Dighton 125 Dorchester 497 Douglas 622 Dover 500 Dracut 402 Dudley 624 Dunstable 404 Duxbury 542 E. East Bridgewater 543 Eastham 37 Easthampton 336 Easton 127 Edgartown 166 Egremont 71 Enfield 339 Erving 264 Essex 187 F. Fairhaven 130 Falmouth 38 Fall River 133 Fitchburg 625 Florida 73 Foxborough 501 Framingham 405 Franklin 502 Freetown 137 G. Gardner 628 Georgetown 188 Gill 265 Gloucester 191 Goshen 341 Gosnold 168 Grafton 630 Granby 342 Granville 302 Great Barrington 74 Greenfield 266 Greenwich 343 Groton 408 Groveland 194 H.