A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . on of men of military general percentage of males between the ages ofeighteen and forty-five in the country In i860 was Vermont the percentage was The total popula-tion of Vermont at the outbreak of the war was 315,098;the total number of men subject to military duty was60,719. Of the total population of Vermont one in every 282 History of Vermont ten enlisted
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . on of men of military general percentage of males between the ages ofeighteen and forty-five in the country In i860 was Vermont the percentage was The total popula-tion of Vermont at the outbreak of the war was 315,098;the total number of men subject to military duty was60,719. Of the total population of Vermont one in every 282 History of Vermont ten enlisted. Of her able-bodied men of military age, everyother one shouldered his musket and went to fight for hiscountry. With a total valuation of property for taxationIn 1861 of a little over $85,000,000, the State expended$9,887,353 for war purposes, of which amount $5,215,787was expended by the towns without expectation or realiza-tion of repayment. In her treasure, as in her lives, Ver-mont gave something more than her share to the countryscause. The brilliancy and value of the service renderedby the Vermont troops is denied by no student of the historyof the war; and impartial judges admit it to be remarkable. Vermont Soldiers Home at Bennington that the troops of one State, who constituted but an eigh-teenth part of the army, should have had a leading part inso many of the most decisive campaigns and battles of thewar. If some of this distinction was their good fortune, itwill not be denied that most of it was due to their qualityas fighters. It is because these Green Mountain bayonets werethinking bayonets; because the courage of these men was The Civil War 283 manly courage; because Its underlying principle was devo-tion to duty J because the service was patriotic service, thatit is worth commemorating. The State continues to show its appreciation of the de-fenders of the Union by its support of the Vermont SoldiersHome established at Bennington and incorporated in 1884. 16. Th
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