United States, 39.76, -98.5Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-18911868An 1868 sketch by A. R. Waud illustrates the difficulties faced by the Freedmen's Bureau, caught between white planters on one side (left) and formerly enslaved African Americans on the other (right). The bureau was established in 1865 after Union general William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15, which called for the resettlement of freedpeople on confiscated lands.This image of an 1868 engraving depicts a man who represents the Freedmen's Bureau standing between a group of white planters on one side (left) and emancipated slaves on the other (right). Several of the white men carry guns and knives, and several African American men carry bayonets and spears. An American flag flies in the background.In March 1865 the U.S. Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands to aid African Americans undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War (1861-65). The bureau was created after Union general William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15, which called for the resettlement of freedpeople on confiscated lands.image/jpegLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-105555http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaFreedmen--United StatesMen--Southern StatesAfrican American men--Southern StatesFarmers--Southern StatesFlags--United StatesFirearms--Southern StatesKnives--Southern StatesBayonets--Southern StatesUnited States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned LandsFreedmen's BureauStillImage