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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
The total amount of money paid to the bounty fund of the general Government by men taken tinder this draft, as commutation to secure exemption from personal service, was four hundred and eighty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars (487, 800). '
In October a new system of recruiting was adopted by the War Department, allowing to persons properly authorized as recruiting agents $15 for each recruit. Subsequently this allowance was extended to all citizens alike. For the purpose of encouraging volunteer enlistments, government bounties to volunteers were also largely increased—$302 to those going into service for the first time, and $402 to veterans re-enlisting, while local bounties of liberal amount were offered in most of the counties.
American Civil War
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