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Statistics Of The Expense To Hampton and Citizens
For Bounties and Other Public Costs,
For the Civil War
[Furnished by Jacob T. Brown, Chairman of Selectmen, in 1865]
In 1862 | The town of Hampton furnished 16 citizen volunteers for army and navy, for three years, giving to each a bounty of $250, amounting to | $ 4,000.00 |
Also, 19 men for nine months, at $200, | $ 3,800.00 | |
In 1863 | Under call of July, 12 citizens were drafted, and each received a town bounty of $300, | $ 3,600.00 |
In 1863 | Under call of Oct. 16th, 16 volunteers were procured by J. F. Williams, recruiting agent, at bounties, varying from $525, to $590, amounting in the aggregate, to | $ 9,310.82 |
In 1864 | Under call of March, 6 reenlisted soldiers each received a bounty of $250, | $ 1,500.00 |
Under same call, 4 citizens were drafted, and each received a bounty of $300, | $ 1,200.00 | |
In 1864 | Under call of July, 4 enrolled citizens furnished substitutes, each receiving a bounty of $300, | $ 1,200.00 |
Under same, 3 volunteers each received a bounty of $300, | $ 900.00 | |
Under same call, 17 citizens each received a bounty of $600, | $10,200.00 | |
In 1864 | Under call of Dec. 16, enrolled men each put in a substitute, and received a bounty of $300 | $ 4,800.00 |
Total town bounties paid to 113 men, | $40,510.82 | |
The town agent was paid for military purposes, in 1863, | $ 30.00 | |
The town agent was paid for military purposes, in 1864 | $ 242.02 | |
The selectmen were paid for services occasioned by the Rebellion, in 1863, | $ 57.00 | |
The selectmen were paid for services occasioned by the Rebellion, in 1864, | $ 255.00 | |
Total cost to town, | $41,094.84 | |
The town also advanced, for the United States bounties, due from the United States Government, $3740. | ||
The 12 drafted men, under the call of July, 1863, each put in a substitute, at an individual cost, varying from $100 to $110, amounting in the aggregate, to | $ 1,250.00 | |
Three of the drafted men, under the call of March, 1864, put in substitutes at a cost of $300 each, | $ 900.00 | |
The four men, under the call of July, 1864, who put in substitutes, were at an individual cost, in the aggregate, of | $ 865.00 | |
The 16 men, under the call of Dec., 1864, who put in substitutes, were at an individual cost, varying from $100 to $110, amounting to | $ 1,878.00 | |
Total cost to individuals, | $ 4,893.00 |
Thirty or more volunteers enlisted for Hampton, without bounty, 25 of whom were in Co. D, 3d N.H. Reg’t; 2 in the Cavalry; and 2 or more, in the 5th N.H. Reg’t.
The four enrolled citizens, who, not being drafted, furnished substitutes, under the call of July, 1864, were:
Jacob T. Brown John A. James |
Jacob T. Wallace James P. Williams |
The sixteen enrolled citizens, who, not being drafted, furnished substitutes under the call of December, 1864, were:
David A. Bean Albert D. Brown Harvey Brown Horace Brown John Brown, Jr. Aiken S. Coffin John H. Fogg Edwin J. Hobbs |
Horace Hobbs Washington H. Hobbs John P. Hoyt Morrill M. Lamprey Samuel J. Philbrick Thomas Philbrook Christopher G. Toppan Samuel A. Towle |
JOSEPH F. WILLIAMS was a Special Recruiting Agent, during the war. His commission, for the First Congressional District of New Hampshire, dated November 19, 1863, was afterwards extended to cover the state. It was signed, EDWARD W. HINKS, Provost Marshal General of New Hampshire. Mr. Williams also became an Authorized and Registered Recruiting Agent for the state of Massachusetts — Commission dated, November 30, 1864; signed, F.M.CLARKE, Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General.