Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 [General order regarding the presence of non-soldier African Americans in military camp]

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GLC#
GLC05529
Type
Documents
Date
February 25, 1862
Author/Creator
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Title
[General order regarding the presence of non-soldier African Americans in military camp]
Place Written
Stewart County, Tennessee
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 24.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written from Fort Donelson, Tennessee. General Grant states that "orders ... prohibit negroes from coming into camp. When they are brought in by an officer or soldier they must be turned out ... owners are not to be permitted to search the camp on pretence of looking after their negroes. This would open the way to the most dangerous class of spies that we could have among us."

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