[692] enlist for three years and be credited to the quota of the town a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars. This was continued until the end of the war. Webster furnished three hundred and thirty-four men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-two over and above all demands. 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 twenty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-one cents ($28,674.61). This does not include what was voluntarily contributed by the citizens, which amounted to quite a large sum. The amount paid by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and afterwards repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $1,448.45; in 1862, $3,984.36; in 1863, $5,487.82; in 1864, $4,800.00; in 1865, $3,200.00. Total amount $18,920.63.
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[692] enlist for three years and be credited to the quota of the town a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars. This was continued until the end of the war. Webster furnished three hundred and thirty-four men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-two over and above all demands. 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 twenty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-one cents ($28,674.61). This does not include what was voluntarily contributed by the citizens, which amounted to quite a large sum. The amount paid by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and afterwards repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $1,448.45; in 1862, $3,984.36; in 1863, $5,487.82; in 1864, $4,800.00; in 1865, $3,200.00. Total amount $18,920.63.
1 The Company was raised in Westborough and Southborough, and was subsequently known as Company K, Thirteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.
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