Hello, New to the list. This posting intrigued me because I also found that an ancestor of mine who served in the 154th NY was a "representative recruit". I have been told that people who were wealthy could pay to have someone who was not wealthy serve in their place, thus, representative recruit. LL -----Original Message----- From: Dick O'Donnell <dickod@mindspring.com> To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com <NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 5:37 AM Subject: [NY-Mil] Bounty - what was it? >I have recently had the good fortune to locate numerous papers in the >National Archives for two relatives who fought in the Civil War, one >with the 186th Infantry of New York. > >In these papers there is reference to a bounty being paid. The use of >the word today implies that a capture was made but I have the feeling >that it was a more normal payment at that time. > >Does anyone know exactly what the payment refers to? > >Dick O'Donnell >Melbourne, Florida, USA >Hosting multiple sites, visit my home base at: >http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod