Orders pertaining to courts and freedmen, 1865 June-1866 June.

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Orders pertaining to courts and freedmen, 1865 June-1866 June.

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General orders (some signed) issued at Hilton Head, S.C., Charleston, S.C., and Philadelphia, Pa., June 1865 through June 1866, by command of generals of the Dept. of the South, Dept. of South Carolina, Military Division of the Atlantic, and the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. The orders deal with the establishment and conduct of provost and civil courts, especially in regard to cases involving freedmen; the jurisdiction and powers of military authorities; the protection of "loyal persons," including all officers and soldiers of the U.S. Army, charged with "offenses done against the rebel forces" (12 Jan. 1866); the employment and rights of freedmen. Gen. R. K. Scott's order (29 June 1866) recognizes "the increasing amount of theft, drunkenness, and vagrancy." The order directs that any freedmen who leave agricultural employment be arrested as vagrants and put to work on public roads, and that a prison be established for "all persons of color" convicted of crimes other than capital offenses.

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United States. Army. Dept. of the South.

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Scott, Robert K. (Robert Kingston), 1826-1900

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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...

United States. Army. Division of the Atlantic

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