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Domestic News
December 22, 1864
Litchfield Enquirer
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
Report on recruitment quotas in Litchfield County towns up to the 10th instant, with the district securing over 1,100 recruits toward a national call for 500,000 men. Table lists credits: Litchfield 56, Winchester 67, Salisbury 63, etc., totaling 662.
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Our Town Quotas. The following table shows the number of men credited to the various towns in our county up to the 10th inst. The district is ahead of all others, having already secured over eleven hundred recruits, or more than one-half of the quota on a call for 500,000 men.
| Litchfield, | 56 | North Canaan, | 6 |
| Barkhamsted, | 16 | Plymouth, | 48 |
| Bethlem, | 11 | Roxbury, | 11 |
| Bridgewater, | 22 | Salisbury, | 63 |
| Canaan, | 23 | Sharon, | 35 |
| Colebrook, | 14 | Torrington, | 28 |
| Cornwall, | 25 | Warren, | 10 |
| Goshen, | 12 | Washington, | 34 |
| Harwinton, | 12 | Watertown, | 20 |
| Kent, | 22 | Winchester, | 67 |
| Morris, | 13 | Woodbury, | 18 |
| New Hartford, | 37 | ||
| New Milford, | 46 | Total, Litchfield Co. | 662 |
| Norfolk, | 23 |
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
What keywords are associated?
Town Quotas
Recruits
Litchfield County
500000 Call
Where did it happen?
Litchfield County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Litchfield County
Event Date
Up To The 10th Inst.
Outcome
total of 662 men credited across towns; district secured over 1100 recruits, more than half of quota on call for 500,000 men.
Event Details
Table of men credited to towns in the county for recruitment quotas.