Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877.
A military order issued by General Sherman in 1865 that created the expectation of land ownership by promising "40 acres and a mule" to freed families.
Special Field Order No. 15 appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Making of America (1789–1900), especially Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877 and African American experience.
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