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Toward the end of the Civil War, what did General Sherman's Special Field

Order Number 15 do?
O A. It gave the Confederate soldiers in Georgia land to farm.
O B. It gave 40 acres of land and a mule to freed African Americans.
O C. It forced white Southerners to work on land owned by African
Americans.
O D. It made all the African American men in Atlanta join the Union
Army.

Toward the end of the Civil War, what did General Sherman's Special Field Order Number-example-1
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Answer:

Your answer is B: It gave 40 acres of land and a mule to freed African Americans.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sherman issued Field Order No. 15 in January 1865, calling for the redistribution of confiscated Southern land to freedmen in forty-acre plots. Hope this helps :)

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