[689] 1864. May 2d, The town bounty was fixed at one hundred and twenty-five dollars for volunteers for three years, and so remained until the end of the war, to which time recruiting was continued. Uxbridge furnished two hundred and ninety men for the war, and at the end had a surplus of seventeen over and above all demands. Three 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 thousand two hundred dollars and sixteen cents ($20,200.16). About ten thousand dollars were contributed by private subscription to encourage enlistments, which has never been reimbursed by the town. The amount of money paid by the town for State aid to soldiers' families during the war, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $590.42; in 1862, $3,344.89; in 1863, $3,947.84; in 1864, $4,250.56; in 1865, $2,500.00. Total amount, $14,633.71. The ladies of Uxbridge did a great deal of good work for the soldiers all through the war.
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[689] 1864. May 2d, The town bounty was fixed at one hundred and twenty-five dollars for volunteers for three years, and so remained until the end of the war, to which time recruiting was continued. Uxbridge furnished two hundred and ninety men for the war, and at the end had a surplus of seventeen over and above all demands. Three 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 thousand two hundred dollars and sixteen cents ($20,200.16). About ten thousand dollars were contributed by private subscription to encourage enlistments, which has never been reimbursed by the town. The amount of money paid by the town for State aid to soldiers' families during the war, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $590.42; in 1862, $3,344.89; in 1863, $3,947.84; in 1864, $4,250.56; in 1865, $2,500.00. Total amount, $14,633.71. The ladies of Uxbridge did a great deal of good work for the soldiers all through the war.
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