The Bureau had authority to provide supplies for refugees -- and an unfunded mandate to redistribute land , in parcels of up to 40 acres :
With this bill , Congress established the Bureau of Refugees , Freedmen , and Abandoned Lands under the War Department .
The Bureau of Refugees , Freedmen , and Abandoned Lands had authority to provide supplies for refugees -- and an unfunded mandate to redistribute land , in parcels of up to 40 acres :
With this bill , Congress established the Bureau of Refugees , Freedmen , and Abandoned Lands under the War Department .