George T. Bassett letter book, 1865 July 24-1866 June 19.
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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 ...
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Bassett, George E.
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George T. Bassett served as a volunteer officer in the United States Subsistence Dept. for the Sub-District of Appomattox, Va., and as Chief Commissioner of Subsistence for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands in Charleston, S.C. Bassett received a commission as a captain on Mar. 11, 1865 in the Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers in Washington. He was assigned the following month to manage the commissary stores in Petersburg and Amelia, Va., from July to Nov. of 1865. In Dec...
