Answer:
The first claim under the Homestead Act of 1862 was made on January 1, 1863, most likely by Daniel Freeman, a few miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska. With the end of the Civil War, home- steading began in earnest. In 1865, apply- cants filed for fewer than a million acres.
Explanation:
Daniel Freeman
Johnson believed that the Union was paramount and the South should be represented.
