Date Span March 1865 - June 1872 Events Date Event 01/05/1866 In Washington, Senator Trumbull introduces measures to extend the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau 01/25/1866 In Washington, the Senate passes measures to extend the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau 02/06/1866 In Washington, the House of Representatives passes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill 02/19/1866 In Washington, President Johnson vetoes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill 02/20/1866 In Washington, the Senate fails to over-ride President Johnson's veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill 10/01/1866 The Freedmen's Bureau halts the free issue of rations to refugees and freedmen across the South. 10/19/1866 A large force of nightriders terrorize African-American homes throughout Marion County, Kentucky. 04/09/1867 George Luther Stearns, leading abolitionist and member of "the Secret Six' dies of pneumonia in New York City. Documents Date Title 02/19/1866 Andrew Johnson, Freedmen's Bureau Bill veto message, February 19, 1866 09/17/1866 Oliver O. Howard to Edwin Stanton, Washington, DC, September 17, 1866. Images Freedmans' Village, Arlington, Virginia, May 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image The Freedmen's Bureau, Richmond, Virginia, December 1865, artist's impression Classroom, Freedmen's Primary School, Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image Classroom, Freedmen's Primary School, Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 1866, artist's impression, detail Court in session, Freedmen's Bureau offices, Richmond, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression. Court in session, Freedmen's Bureau offices, Richmond, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression, detail. Freedmen's Bureau Industrial School, Richmond, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression. Freedmen's Bureau Industrial School, Richmond, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression, detail. Freedmen's Bureau Office, Memphis, Tennessee, May 1866, artist's impression Freedmen's Bureau Offices, Richmond, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression. Freedmen's Bureau Rations Issue, summer 1866, artist's impression. Freedmens' Bureau Wedding, Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 1866, artist's impression "Plenty to Eat, Nothing to Do," cartoon, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, October 6, 1866 Freedmen's Bureau Offices, Richmond, Virginia, 1866, artist's impression. Freedmen's Bureau Offices, Richmond, Virginia, 1866, artist's impression, detail. Zion African-American School, Charleston, South Carolina, winter 1866, artist's impression. Zion African-American School, Charleston, South Carolina, winter 1866, artist's impression, detail. Freedmen's Bureau Office, Richmond, Virginia, February, 1867, artist's impression. Freedmen's Bureau Office, Richmond, Virginia, February, 1867, artist's impression, detail. African-American internal migration from Virginia to New York City by ship, July 1867, artist's impression, zoomable image. African-American internal migration from Virginia to New York City by ship, July 1867, artist's impression, detail.
Classroom, Freedmen's Primary School, Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image
Court in session, Freedmen's Bureau offices, Richmond, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression, detail.
African-American internal migration from Virginia to New York City by ship, July 1867, artist's impression, zoomable image.
African-American internal migration from Virginia to New York City by ship, July 1867, artist's impression, detail.