What were the terms of Field Order Number 15 issued by General William T. Sherman?
A) Each former slave who served in the Union army was entitled to 40 acres and a mule.
B) Former slaves were allocated 400,000 acres of former Confederate land.
C) It was an official amends for the heartless treatment his troops had given former slaves.
D) All former slaves were to head to Union camps and await further directions.
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