Veterans

WS 1864-04-09 Veterans p 3, col B.JPG

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