|  | In Washington, Senator Trumbull introduces measures to extend the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau | 
          
                                                                                        |  | In Washington, the Senate passes measures to extend the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau | 
          
                                                                                        |  | In Washington, the House of Representatives passes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill | 
          
                                                                                        |  | In Washington, President Johnson vetoes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill | 
          
                                                                                        |  | In Washington, the Senate fails to over-ride President Johnson's veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill | 
          
                                                                                        |  | The Freedmen's Bureau halts the free issue of rations to refugees and freedmen across the South. | 
          
                                                                                        |  | A large force of nightriders terrorize African-American homes throughout Marion County, Kentucky. | 
          
                                                                                        |  | George Luther Stearns, leading abolitionist and member of "the Secret Six' dies of pneumonia in New York City. |