Records Relating to the Issuance of Rations — Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and North Carolina

Source catalog description

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The three volumes of records relating to the issuance of rations, 1 (201), 2 (202), and 3 (203), cover the period 1863–65. Volume 1 (201) contains ration accounts (July 1864–Feb. 1865) and memorandums relating to rations and quartermaster stores drawn and issued (July–Aug. 1865). Volume 2 (202) is a register of destitutes receiving rations (June 1864–Jan. 1865), which at first is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of individual but later chronologically. The volume also contains a register of soldiers' and sailors' families drawing rations (Apr.–July 1865). Volume 3 (203) contains the following records created at Camp Hamilton: a ration table showing number of rations drawn for men, women, and children (Dec. 1863–Feb. 1865); a register of people receiving rations (Sept.–Oct. 1864); and a register of special requisitions (Jan.–Apr. 1864).

Collection

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872

Archival grouping

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.64: Fort Monroe (Department of Negro Affairs, 1863–65) Departments of Virginia and North Carolina

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