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September 18, 1865
Canton Weekly Register
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
What is this article about?
Major Wilson, U.S. Army Paymaster, recently paid Private James Curtiss of Company H, 1st Missouri Regiment, $722.50 for over four years' service. Aged 58 with a strong health record, Curtiss had six sons, ten sons-in-law, and one grandson in the army with Sherman, all alive.
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A Noble Record.—Major Wilson, Paymaster of the U. S. Army, a few days since, paid James Curtiss, a private of company H, 1st Missouri regiment, the sum of $722.50, being the balance due him for a little over four years service in the army. Curtiss is fifty-eight years of age, has never been sick until recently, and was then only a short time in the hospital. He had six sons, ten sons-in-laws, and one grand son in the army, who were all with Sherman, and are all living.— History furnishes but few examples like that of James Curtiss.—[Springfield Jour. 31st ult.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
What keywords are associated?
James Curtiss
Army Pay
Missouri Regiment
Family In Army
Sherman Campaign
What entities or persons were involved?
Major Wilson
James Curtiss
Sherman
Domestic News Details
Event Date
A Few Days Since (Springfield Jour. 31st Ult.)
Key Persons
Major Wilson
James Curtiss
Sherman
Outcome
paid $722.50; all family members living
Event Details
Major Wilson paid James Curtiss, a 58-year-old private in Company H, 1st Missouri Regiment, the balance due for over four years' service. Curtiss had minimal illness and six sons, ten sons-in-law, and one grandson serving with Sherman.