Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1902 — Medals for Soldiers of 61. [ARTICLE]

Medals for Soldiers of 61.

Gov. Crane of Massachusetts has signed the bill awarding a medal to every man from his state who went out in response to President Lincoln’s first call for troops. The pen with which he signed the bill has been presented to President Pierce of the “minute men of ’61.”