From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1865:
The average pay due each soldier is $250, and the government is ready to pay off and discharge every man in both armies.
The friends of General Sherman and Secretary Stanton are endeavoring to restore amicable relations between them.
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1865:
POCKET – PATRIOTS – – We had one million one hundred and twenty-five thousand men on the army pay-roll when the war closed.
