Scope and Content: To encourage recruitment of soldiers in Massachusetts during the Civil War, bounties were given to soldiers who volunteered for service. Initially bounties were paid directly by the cities and towns, but after the presidential call for an additional 300,000 volunteers on Oct. 17, 1863, bounties were paid directly by the Commonwealth, per St 1863 c 254 (Nov. 18, 1863). Bounties given each volunteer were
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically (separate sequence per volume) by first letter of surname, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Labels in volumes indicate purchase in Washington, D.C., where presumed issuing agency was headquartered
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