Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . ENE IN FREDERICKSBURG ON THE MORNING OF DEO. 12, 1862. FREEDMENS BUREAU—rREEDOM OE A CITY Preedmens Bureau. Early in 1865 men of the city of New York, send greeting: Congress established a Bureau of Freed- f L^n^^^^ n nn* ?,°,*llL rtt° lAi-j jxj i^t the Common Council chamber In the City men, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands, at- Hall of the city of New York, the foUow- tached to the War Department; and early Ing resolutions were unanimously agreed to: in May Gen. Oliver O. Ho
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . ENE IN FREDERICKSBURG ON THE MORNING OF DEO. 12, 1862. FREEDMENS BUREAU—rREEDOM OE A CITY Preedmens Bureau. Early in 1865 men of the city of New York, send greeting: Congress established a Bureau of Freed- f L^n^^^^ n nn* ?,°,*llL rtt° lAi-j jxj i^t the Common Council chamber In the City men, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands, at- Hall of the city of New York, the foUow- tached to the War Department; and early Ing resolutions were unanimously agreed to: in May Gen. Oliver O. Howard {q. v.) Whereas the Corporation of the city . , :, . TT entertains the most lively sense of the was appointed commissioner. He ap- i^te brilliant achievements of Gen. Jacob pointed eleven assistant commissioners, all Brown on the Niagara frontier, considering army officers; namely—for the District ^f™ ,^f^ P™?^ *\^^^^f ^^, *t, ^^ \°,*of Columbia, Gen. John Eaton, Jr.; Vir Intrepidity of the hero of Chippewa and hisbrave companions In arms, and affordingample proof of the superior valor of our. GENERAL BROWNS GOLD BOX, ginia, Col. O. Brown; North Carolina, Col,E. Whittlesey; South Carolina andGeorgia, Gen. E. Sexton; Florida, W. Osborne; Alabama, Gen. ; Louisiana, first the Eev. Conway, and then Gen. A. Baird;Texas, Gen. E. M. Gregory; Missis-sippi, Col. S. Thomas; Kentucky andTennessee, Gen. C. B. Fisk, Missouriand Arkansas, Gen. J. W. bureau took under its charge thefreedmen, the refugees, and the aban-doned lands in the South, for the pur-pose of protecting the freedmen and therefugees in their rights, and returningthe lands to their proper owners. Tomake the operations of the bureau moreefficient an act was passed (Feb. 19,1866) for enlarging its powers. Presi-dent Johnson interposed his veto, but itbecame a law. The bureau was dis-continued Aug, 3, 1868, with the exception hardy farmers over the veteran legions ofof the educa
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