Thought I'd throw my 2 cents in... An 1862 recruitment poster for the "Dutchess Regiment" (which upon formation became the 150th NY Vol. Inf. Rgt.) offered: "$100 Government Bounty, 50 from the State, 100 from the Town of LaGrange, 2 for Enlisting. Whole Bounty $302. $202 paid before leaving the State." (For those of you who noticed that 100+50+100+2 does not add up to $302, the extra $50 came from Dutchess County). Here we have an example of bounties being offered by all levels of government. Tom Hartl