Title
Veterans
Subject
United States Army
Description
The attrition of the Civil War - in battle and through disease - took a dreadful toll of the men in the field. The Lincoln administration offered a reenlistment bounty, here given at $300, to qualified veterans who reenlisted
Abstract
The editor of the Washington Statesman reports that some of the infantrymen and cavalrymen at Fort Walla Walla have re-enlisted, under the bounty law.
Source
Washington Statesman
Publisher
Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees
Date Issued
1864-04-09
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. III, No. 17, p. 3, col. B
Spatial Coverage
Fort Walla Walla; Walla Walla
Provenance
Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers
URL
http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Start Page
3
End Page
3