O. Brown Order, 18 July 1863

                                                                                    Norfolk            July 18th. 1863.

Sergt Stanton will impress all able-bodied colored laborers in the vicinity of Norfolk and Portsmouth found among the colored refugees except those that are employed in the various staff departments or on Govt farms.

They will be employed in the Quartermaster Department at Washington will receive twenty dollars per month and their rations

                                                                        OBrown Supt

                                                                        Contrabands

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Manuscript Orders From O. Brown, Superintendent, Norfolk, Virginia, June 18, 1863; Associated With First Lieutenant Courtland G. Stanton, 21st Connecticut Infantry


Tags: African Americans, Food, Impressment, Money

People - Records: 2

  • (459) [associated with] ~ Stanton, Courtland George
  • (462) [writer] ~ Brown, O.

Places - Records: 1

  • (262) [origination] ~ Norfolk, Virginia

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SOURCES

O. Brown Order, 18 July 1863, DL0011.155, Nau Collection