Freedmen's Bureau order, 1864 Dec. 1.

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Freedmen's Bureau order, 1864 Dec. 1.

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Military order issued by the Office of Superintendent and Provost Marshall of Freedmen at Natchez, Miss., signed by Lieut. Col. A. L. Mitchell, to Lieut. J. Wesley Cavell concerning the use of livestock on Home Farm, Miss.

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Cavell, J. Wesley.

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Mitchell, A. L.

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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 ...