CIVIL WAR BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA DEAF & DUMB & FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM RATION ORDER For Sale

CIVIL WAR BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA DEAF & DUMB & FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM RATION ORDER
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CIVIL WAR BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA DEAF & DUMB & FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM RATION ORDER:
$225.00

During the Civil War, Union commands initially provided full military rations to the destitute including inmates of various charitable agencies at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.,An original Union Army General Order issued at HQ Dept of the Gulf, New Orleans, La. April 20, 1865 by Major General Hurlbut- "Inmates of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, The Catholic Asylum, & the Female Orphan Asylum" at Baton Rouge will continue to receive rations , but no rations are to be given to . but in no cases to Christian Commission or the Northwestern Freedmen's Commission agents. or the destitute & refugees except as already established. 1p 8 x 5" ptd, ink sgd by LT Silas Hannum, 74th US Colored Infantry. Edge wear, 2 punch holes in left margin, Overall VG.Comes w service info for Lt Hannum who served with the 31st Massachusetts including the Siege of Port Hudson, before accepting a commission with the USCT

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