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Title: Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. (from old catalog) Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: New Jersey -- History. (from old catalog) New Jersey -- Description and travel. (from old catalog) New Jersey -- History, Local. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New Haven, Conn., J. W. Barber
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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listed for the war, having receivedvery small bounties, complain of imposition and deception, and their case isextremely aggravated by the fact, that three half joes have now been offeredas a bounty to others, who will enlist for the remainder of the war, whenthese veteran soldiers have served three years for a mere shadow of com-pensation ! It was scarcely necessary to add to their trying circumstances,a total want of pay for twelve months, and a state of nakedness and famine,to excite in a soldier the spirit of insurrection. The officers themselves,also feeling aggrieved, and in a destitute condition, relaxed in their systemof camp discipline, and the soldiers occasionally overheard their murmursand complaints. Having appointed a sergeant-major for their commander,styling him major-general, and having concerted their arrangements, on thefirst day of tiie new year they put their mutinous scheme into execution.On a preconcerted signal, the whole line, except a part of three regiments.
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