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).
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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