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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 2 0 Browse Search
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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
d, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer enlisting to the credit of the town for three years service on or before the fifteenth of August next, to the number of forty, as called for by the Governor of the Commonwealth, and the sum of five thousand dollars was appropriated to carry the same into effect. August 23d, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer enlisting for nine months service. John Ashley, S. K. Pierce, John M. Moore, L. W. Brown, and James H. Greenwood were chosen a committee to recruit the men. Six thousand dollars were appropriated for this purpose. October 11th, The same bounty was authorized to be paid to twenty-three nine-months volunteers over and above the quota called for from the town. 1863. June 27th, The selectmen were authorized to draw from time to time upon the treasurer for money to pay aid to the families of the soldiers. 1864. April 4th, The bounty was raised to one hundred a
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
ter. In January, 1862, they appointed agents who bought for them 3,659 bales of cotton, and their purchases of cotton were largely increased afterward. The cotton was transported to Mexico, and used in the purchase of cotton and woolen cards, arms, munitions of war, and machinery of different kinds. On the 11th of April, 1862, John M. Swisher, of Austin, was sent to Europe with $300,000 in United States bonds to purchase munitions of war and supplies for the board. On April 29, 1862, John M. Moore was sent to Mexico on a similar mission, and it was agreed to place in his hands for that purpose from 2,000 to 4,000 bales of cotton. The board established a gun factory and a cap factory at Austin. Governor Lubbock, in his message of November 2, 1863, stated that the foundry at Austin has not been a success in making cannon, but has done great good in repairing threshing and reaping machines and other agricultural implements and mill machinery. This establishment has supplied the wa