[General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 [General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]

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GLC#
GLC02225
Type
Documents
Date
January 25, 1864
Author/Creator
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Title
[General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 11.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Signed by Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General. By order of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, establishes food rations "for issue by the Subsistence Department to adult refugees and to adult colored persons, commonly called 'Contrabands,' when they are not employed at labor by the Government and who may have no means of subsisting themselves ... " Lists rations of pork, corn meal, potatoes, bread, candles, coffee, and tea, among other items. Provides instructions for frequency of allotment and distribution according to age and sex. Issued from the office of the United States Adjutant General.

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