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HISTORY OF CO /{ASSET. 



as great as the soldiers endured were suffered by those 

 who were left at home, waiting to hear the news of each 

 battle and fearing lest they might hear of the death of 

 some loved one. 



The drain upon the resources of our town to send men 

 into the Civil War was a serious one, as we all know. Our 

 selectmen reported a list of one hundred and ninety-nine 

 men furnished in the army and navy. Twelve of these 

 died in the service, one was missing in action, which 

 probably means "killed," and ten were dismissed when 

 they had become disabled. Besides this expenditure of 

 life there were nearly thirty-six thousand dollars which 

 the town had to pay in bounties to secure men when the 

 war became irksome, and to defray the other necessary 

 expenses of the bloody enterprise. 



But gladly and well done is it all, for an unbroken 

 nation with ever-expanding power under the principles of 

 a free government extending from ocean to ocean is a 

 heritage of inestimable value to be transmitted to pos- 

 terity. And the Cohasset men which we have enumer- 

 ated in this chapter have obtained a prestige of undying 

 honor because their names are associated for all future 

 time with that memorable tragedy the Civil War. 



SOME OF THE PRESENT COHASSET MEMBERS OF THE HENRY 



BRYANT POST 98, G. A. R., WHO SERVED IN THE 



WAR FROM OTHER PLACES. 



