History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
A summary of the figures in the town of Cortlandt shows that it cost, to send out each man who was enlisted, as follows: In 1861, nothing ; in 1862, $51.82 per man ; in 1863, $120.70 per man, from the town, with a probable hundred more from each drafted man for asubstitute ; in 1864, an average of $519.60 per man, before election ; and nothing for the last draft, in which the cost fell on the State, and the towns were gainers to the extent of about $70 per man enlisted.
The Return of the Volunteer.s. -- From the moment that General Lee surrendered his army, at Appomattox Court-House, the thoughts of the volunteers in the field were turned, with a unanimity seldom seen in the history of war, towards the homes they had left so readily at the beginning of the contest, at the call of their country.
The impatience became so great, after the final collapse of the Rebellion, when Johnston and Kirby Smith had surrendered, that the men in the field could hardly be kept by the colors, for the necessary purposes of police; breaking out into open mutiny in some instances, Avhen it was proposed to put them into the regular army; indignantly spurning the idea that they were professional soldiers at all ; demand-
Lewisborough, January, 1868 ; Mamaroneck, December, I860 ; Morrisania, December, 1800; Mount Pleasant, Febi'uary, 1868 ; Newcastle, July, 1865 ; New Rochelle, March, 1800 ; North Castle, March, 1806 ; North Salem, January. 1808; Ossining, December, 1805 ; Pelham, June, 1808 ; Poundridge, October, 1800 ; Rye, December, 1805 ; Scarsdale, June, 1806 ; Somers, October, 1806 ; W'estchester, November, 1866 ; Youken, March, 1807 ; Y'orktown, December, 1865 ; AVeslchesler County, Decoiii\ ber, 1805. '