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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05529 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | General order regarding the presence of non-soldier African Americans in military camp |
| Date | 25 February 1862 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | 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." |
| Subjects | African American Troops African American History Contrabands Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Military Camp Slavery Spying |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Guelzo, Allen (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Stewart County, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |