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Special Field Orders, No. 15 (series 1865) were military orders issued during the American Civil War, on January 16, 1865, by General William Tecumseh Sherman, commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi of the United States Army. They provided for the confiscation of 400,000 acres (1,600 km2) of land along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and the dividing of it into parcels of not more than 40 acres (0.16 km2), on which were to be settled approximately 18,000 formerly enslaved families and other black people then living in the area.
The orders were issued following Sherman's March to the Sea. They were intended to address the immediate problem of dealing with the tens of thousands of black refugees who had joined Sherman's march in search of protection and sustenance, and "to assure the harmony of action in the area of operations." Critics allege that his intention was for the order to be a temporary measure to address an immediate problem, and not to grant permanent ownership of the land to the freedmen, although most of the recipients assumed otherwise. General Sherman issued his orders four days after meeting with twenty local black ministers and lay leaders and with U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in Savannah, Georgia. Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, an abolitionist from Massachusetts who had previously organized the recruitment of black soldiers for the Union Army, was put in charge of implementing the orders.The orders had little concrete effect because President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation that returned the lands to southern owners who took a loyalty oath. Johnson granted amnesty to most former Confederates and allowed the rebel states to elect new governments. These governments, which often included ex-Confederate officials, soon enacted black codes, measures designed to control and repress the recently freed slave population. General Saxton and his staff at the Charleston SC Freedmen Bureau's office refused to carry out President Johnson's wishes and denied all applications to have lands returned. In the end, Johnson and his allies removed General Saxton and his staff, but not before Congress was able to provide legislation to assist some families in keeping their lands.
Although mules are not mentioned in the orders, they were a main source for the expression "forty acres and a mule." A historical marker commemorating the order is in Savannah, near the corner of Harris and Bull streets, in Madison Square.

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    Water UFH Proposed floor build up over UFH

    Hi, I am trying to achieve a low floor build up including wet UFH over a new suspended timber floor in our barn conversion. The area is large, 21m x 8m. Having spoken to various UFH suppliers I have come up with the following: 22mm chipboard subfloor (already laid) 25x25mm battens at 200mm...
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  3. Ajwilliams

    Just installed no more ply.

    Hi I’m a total beginner. I had a builder fit some laminate in dining room and while he did that he noticed we had the tiles for the hallway. Long story short he did the tiling but after few months we had grout coming up and tiles coming loose. Then discovered he hadn’t put anything over the top...
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  7. R

    'No More Ply' on old floorboards...

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    Preparation product like no more ply when tiling a first floor bathroom in a new (2018) build house?

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  10. A

    22mm No More Ply

    Hi, I'm installing aluminum spreader plate under floor heating between joists (1930s house), and I'm thinking of using 22mm No More Ply over the joists, then tiles. What do you think about this setup? Is that better than ply plus a thinner backer board? Will I still get enough heat transfer...
  11. J

    77mm between concrete and existing tile floor

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    Aus No More Ply for laying 600x300 porcelain

    Hello, I am planing on using no more ply over my existing 18mm flooring to lay 600x300 porcelain tiles. Would there be any benefit in laying 2 layers of the 6mm no more ply to create 12mm covering. Will this make the floor stronger or is the 6mm enough. The joist are 8x2 at 16inch...
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    Aus Help with No More Ply on floorboards

    Hi, I have been reading through all the info around No More Ply and your posts on the topic but am still unsure how to level the surface beforehand. Any help much appreciated. I have old floorboards they are tightly packed however there is some variance in the levels of the boards, and also...
  14. R

    Water UFH No more ply (NMP) or Hardiebacker over wet UFH

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    USA No More Ply and Wedi Alternatives

    Hey all, So I'm about to start working on a wetroom project on my first floor (and am not interested in UFH). Naturally, this is currently timber floorboards - which are in good nick, however, in a previous thread, someone posted that I should remove these and place 22mm NMP down directly onto...
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    No more ply and wet system UFH sat within joists - efficiency concerns...

    Apologies this is so long winded, but hopefully you're an understanding bunch & you'll stick with the novel and provide a straight opinion on this. I'm a competent DIY'er (ex-spark), but it's a while since I've done any DIY tiling at home. I'm now re-doing the kitchen floor/walls in a 1960’s...
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    No more ply - Priming

    Hi, I'm installing my bathroom. I've used No More Ply around the shower area walls and on the whole floor. The instructions say to prime it with their SBR primer to waterproof the boards. I have bought Mapei Rapid Set Flexi to tile the walls and floor. The instructions on this say I must use...
  18. J

    Hardiebacker or no more ply?

    Hi, Looking at tiling the floor of my bathroom. No UFH just plain tiling. Whats the preferred base? Fixing onto solid floorboards (no squeak or bounce). Screwed down NMP or hardiebacker, or any other product suggestions? Thank you for reading John.
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    Squeaky Chipboard what to do before tiling?

    Hello again guys, Took up all my laminate and the floor is pretty iffy, obviously done by cowboys. Some parts are not level which I'm told I can level those parts with 'thin set' also is very squeaky but not that bouncy. How would I get rid of the squeakiness? What is the best course of action...
  20. T

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    Hello again guys, Took up all my laminate and the floor is pretty iffy, obviously done by cowboys. Some parts are not level which I'm told I can level those parts with 'thin set' also is very squeaky but not that bouncy. How would I get rid of the squeakiness? What is the best course of action...
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