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Freedmen's Bureau
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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. government agency of early post American Civil War Reconstruction, assisting free
A Bureau agent stands between a group of Whites and a group of freedmen.
A Bureau agent stands between a group of Whites and a group of freedmen.
The Freedmen's Bureau office in Memphis, Tennessee, 1866
The Freedmen's Bureau office in Memphis, Tennessee, 1866
Marriage certificate issued by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Wilson County, Tennessee, 1866
Marriage certificate issued by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Wilson County, Tennessee, 1866
The Misses Cooke's school room, Freedmen's Bureau, Richmond, Virginia, 1866
The Misses Cooke's school room, Freedmen's Bureau, Richmond, Virginia, 1866
Oliver Otis Howard
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Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men agai
Freedmen's Bureau
…Department was the only agency with funds the Freedmen's Bureau could use and which had an existing presence in the South. Headed by Union Army general Oliver O. Howard, the Bureau started operations in 1865. From the beginning, its representatives found its tasks very difficult, in part because Southern legislatures…
Howard during the Civil War
Howard during the Civil War
Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard c. 1862-1864
Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard c. 1862-1864
Monument to Howard in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Monument to Howard in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Major General William T. Sherman, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi, and his Generals, 1. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard; 2. Maj. Gen. John A. L
Major General William T. Sherman, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi, and his Generals, 1. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard; 2. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan; 3. Maj. Gen. William B. Hazen; 4. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman; 5. Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis; 6. Maj. Gen. Henry Warner Slocum; 7. Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Mower; 8. Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair Jr. (possibly cut in)