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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02225 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands |
| Date | 25 January 1864 |
| Author | Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893) |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | African American History Civil War Military History Union Forces Contrabands Government and Civics Lincoln's Cabinet Military Provisions Diet and Nutrition Slavery |
| People | Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | African Americans; Government & Politics; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |