[606] Athol furnished about three hundred and ten men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-eight 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 eighteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-four cents ($18,880.94). This does not include $11,480.21 paid by private citizens. The amount of money expended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $703.04; in 1862, $4,000.00; in 1863, $6,364.23; in 1864, $4,882.09; in 1865, $2,461.25. Total amount, $18,410.61. The ladies of Athol contributed liberally to the comfort of the soldiers, both in money and supplies, which were forwarded to the army chiefly through the agencies of the Christian Commission; the total money value of which was $2,470.99.
[606] Athol furnished about three hundred and ten men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-eight 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 eighteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-four cents ($18,880.94). This does not include $11,480.21 paid by private citizens. The amount of money expended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $703.04; in 1862, $4,000.00; in 1863, $6,364.23; in 1864, $4,882.09; in 1865, $2,461.25. Total amount, $18,410.61. The ladies of Athol contributed liberally to the comfort of the soldiers, both in money and supplies, which were forwarded to the army chiefly through the agencies of the Christian Commission; the total money value of which was $2,470.99.
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