Records Relating to the Issuance of Rations
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: 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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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.64.3
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content: Archival materials
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content: 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).