- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- William T. Sherman
- Publisher:
- Avery, I. W. The History of the State of Georgia from 1850 to 1881. New York: Brown & Derby, 1881.
- Date of Original:
- 1820/1891
- Subject:
- United States. Army--Officers
Sherman's March to the Sea
Military uniforms
United States. Army--Uniforms
Generals--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- William T. Sherman issued Field Order No. 15 in January 1865, calling for the redistribution of confiscated Southern land to freedmen in forty-acre plots. The order was rescinded later that same year, and much of the land was returned to the original white owners.
Photograph of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. Shown from the waist up, he wears his Union military uniform. He holds his arms to his side and faces left.
On January 16, 1865, Union general William T. Sherman issued his Special Field Order No. 15, which confiscated as Federal property a strip of coastline stretching from Charleston, South Carolina, to the St. John's River in Florida, including Georgia's Sea Islands and the mainland thirty miles in from the coast. The order redistributed the roughly 400,000 acres of land to newly freed black families in forty-acre segments. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/m-4814/
- Rights Holder:
- From The History of the State of Georgia, by I. W. Avery
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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