Freedmen's Bureau - Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Date Span
March 1865 - June 1872
Date Event
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.
Date Title
Andrew Johnson, Freedmen's Bureau Bill veto message, February 19, 1866
Oliver O. Howard to Edwin Stanton, Washington, DC, September 17, 1866.
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