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A federal agency under the control of the US Army and military governors, the Freedman's Bureau or Freedmen's Bureauwas established by Congress as suggested by Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

The actual name of the agency was the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. It was disbanded in 1872.

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Q: What was the US military organization that was designed to help newly freed slaves after the US Civil War?
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Why does contraband have an special meaning during civil war?

Contraband consists of materials which may be confiscated and used by the enemy. In the Civil War, slaves freed by the Union troops, since they belonged to the Confederates, could also be taken as Contraband. Many of the freed slaves later volunteered for military service.


Why was there an increase in black cowboys after the civil war?

There was an increase of Afro-Americans in many areas of civilian and military life after the US Civil War. Certainly the "West" was a good place for freed slaves to go inasmuch as much of the new territories either had farmlands in which freed slaves had experience as well as handling livestock. Both these types of work were found in the South before the US Civil War.


Why did Lincoln reverse his original ban of afican soldiers?

When the civil war started there were 4 million slaves in the south. As northern troops came through the southern states the slaves would seek them out and follow the troops. They were called "contraband" because under military law anything (or person in the slaves case) the military unit that has the contraband doesn't have to be returned. Slaves were fighting and wanted to fight. Many slaves had backgrounds as military commanders before slavery. The African American units in the war were brave and many died under the union flags.


How did slaves get involed in the Civil War?

actually, the lives of slaves became more difficult after civil war. mostly all slaves were in southern side. slave-owners didnt educate them or slaves didnt know how to handle bussines....this made there life difficult


Why were slaves prisoners of war?

In the civil war slaves were still slaves but still, they were with the enemy and were as such treated as the enemy.

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The south's military defeat in the Civil War resulted in this.?

Freed the slaves.


Were American slaves allowed to join the military?

Freed slaves served in the American Revolution, The War of 1812 and the Civil War. The First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first Union regiment formed with freed slaves in the Civil War.


What is the difference between military aircraft and civil aircraft?

Military aircraft are designed to destroy the enemy's military aircraft and (sometimes) their civil aircraft. They also preform bombing tasks as well as a few non-combat tasks. Civil aircraft are mainly transports and crop sprayers that don't do much fighting. Military aircraft are designed to fulfill a multitude of roles that are specified by the Armed forces that will be using these aircraft. These roles include Air attack as well as air support and defence of other military assets. Transport and surveillence are also key roles that military aircraft fulfill. Civil aircraft are designed to perform commercial transport as well as personal use and sports roles. Civil aircraft have no need for stealth or combat survivability the way military Military aircraft do.


Where there slaves in the Civil War?

Yes. There was slaves during the civil war.


What were the military plans for the Union?

During the Civil War, the Union army focused on conquiring Southern land and freeing Confederate slaves.


How was the Union's military forces organized during the US Civil War?

The Union military structure during the US Civil War was constructed as a two branch system. One branch consisted one active organization of regular professionals, complimented by a volunteer militia force. The militia system was designed to enlarge during any emergency with an increase in militia troops recruited as volunteers from the various states.


Civil war union veterans' organization?

The organization for Union veterans immediately following the US Civil War was called the Grand Army of the Republic. Another is the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, or commonly referred to as MOLLUS.


What is the PRT Integrated Command Group concept designed to achieve?

Unity of effort between the PRT's civil and military elements


What were the civil defence objectives in constructing the interstate highway system?

The interstate highway system was designed to be used as military runways.


What side used the problem of contraband slaves into a military tactic?

The Confederacy used the Slaves as some of their soldiers during the Civil War, while the Union was opposed to the whole idea of slavery. :) WOOOOOOOTTTTTTT


What did they call the slaves after civil war?

slaves


What are the number of slaves in US at the end of the civil war?

Many slaves had served in the Civil War. There were about 4 million slaves under bondage by the end of the Civil War.