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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07293 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | General Orders no. 3 [inability of government to help black refugees] |
| Date | 4 May 1865 |
| Author | Steele, Frederick (1819-1868) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Informing people that "destitution and distress is likely to arise from the influx of the colored population into this city. People of this class are informed that it is impossible for the United States Government to feed them and they are advised to remain of the plantations and assist to raise crops to keep themselves and their children from starving." Signed by Joseph Lymun as Adjutant General to Major General F. Steele. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Union Forces Military History Civil War Refugees African American History Slavery Freemen Reconstruction Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Children and Family Diet and Nutrition |
| Place written | Montgomery |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Agriculture; Children & Family; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |