[320] account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was two hundred and eighteen thousand and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-five cents ($218,099.55). In addition to this, eighty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars were subscribed and paid by individual citizens to encourage recruiting, of which amount thirty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars were reimbursed by the city. The amount of money raised and expended by the city during the war for the payment of State aid to the families of soldiers, and which was afterwards repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $1,752.89; in 1862, $12,128.23; in 1863, $20,878.10; in 1864, $35,189.02; in 1865, $27,500.00. Total amount, $97,449.24. The ladies of Springfield were equally liberal and patriotic in their contributions for the soldiers during the whole of the war. A soldiers' fair was held by them in December, 1864, for the benefit of the ‘Soldiers' Rest,’ an institution located at that time near the railroad depot for the care of the sick and wounded, which netted the handsome sum of nineteen hundred and forty-six dollars.
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[320] account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was two hundred and eighteen thousand and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-five cents ($218,099.55). In addition to this, eighty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars were subscribed and paid by individual citizens to encourage recruiting, of which amount thirty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars were reimbursed by the city. The amount of money raised and expended by the city during the war for the payment of State aid to the families of soldiers, and which was afterwards repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $1,752.89; in 1862, $12,128.23; in 1863, $20,878.10; in 1864, $35,189.02; in 1865, $27,500.00. Total amount, $97,449.24. The ladies of Springfield were equally liberal and patriotic in their contributions for the soldiers during the whole of the war. A soldiers' fair was held by them in December, 1864, for the benefit of the ‘Soldiers' Rest,’ an institution located at that time near the railroad depot for the care of the sick and wounded, which netted the handsome sum of nineteen hundred and forty-six dollars.
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