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Volunteers and Conscripts

Summary

Drafted men get 11 dollars a month with no bounty or premium, volunteers get 13 dollars a month and, for a limited time, a premium/bounty of $200.

Article Source

Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner

Publication Date: August 20th, 1862

Page/Column: 2D

Town: Frederick, MD

County: Frederick

Subjects

  • Local Soldiers
  • Home Front / Effects of War

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