Question: who led the work of the freedmen 's bureau
Answer: Oliver Otis Howard

title: Freedmen's Bureau
text: their communities even prior to the advent of the Freedmen's Bureau. Oliver Otis Howard was appointed as the first Freedmen's Bureau Commissioner. Through his leadership, the bureau set up four divisions: Government-Controlled Lands, Records, Financial Affairs, and Medical Affairs. Education was considered part of the Records division. Howard turned over confiscated property including planters' mansions, government buildings, books, and furniture to superintendents to be used in the education of freedmen. He provided transportation and room and board for teachers. Many Northerners came south to educate freedmen. By 1866, northern missionary and aid societies worked in conjunction with the Freedmen's Bureau