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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 4 0 Browse Search
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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 36: Battle of Ezra Church (search)
pport of skirmishers and as an advance guard. The first warning to Major Hipp was heavy firing to his left. He was evidently beyond the reach of the Confederates, though not of their skirmish line. Next, a shot penetrated his breast; still he remained at his post. When they came near enough, Hipp's regiment opened fire. Again he was shot, which caused him to fall from his horse. Sergeant Ernst Torgler, who brought him off the field, received for it a medal of honor. The adjutant, Lambert, acting for the major, brought the regiment, fighting its way, without loss of order, all the way back to our main line. Colonel Jones also succeeded in retiring his command to its proper front. It was doubtless such temporary covers as these outside regiments had had which caused Confederate officers to think that they had driven back our men from a main line of works. In my first report concerning troops called by me from Dodge and Blair, I used these words: Four regiments were se
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 53: the bureau work in 1866; President Johnson's first opposition (search)
the Bureau is absolutely essential to secure justice. When this influence has been wisely directed, and the authority of the Bureau brought to bear firmly but kindly, the happiest consequences have followed, not only protecting the freedmen in individual cases, but changing the tone and temper of the people, so as to prevent the recurrence of acts of injustice and oppression. The continuance and agency of the Bureau is still a necessity. The case of maladministration of Captain Lewis J. Lambert is the only one mentioned among two hundred and seventy-three agents. This will be thoroughly investigated by General Tillson. I am thankful for so great purity of administration in Georgia. I may say here with reference to legal justice, that the policy pursued constantly has been to transfer jurisdiction to civil tribunals wherever there was a prospect of its impartial exercise under just laws; in fact, it has been the practice in most Bureau courts to use the State laws when no disti
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Terry's Brigade, formerly John M. Jones's. (search)
Clery, S. M. Cunningham, Private J. F. Baggerly, H. A. Wise. Co. H. Sergeant J. H. Thomas, Corporal W. Pressly Patterson, Private Fry Campbell, S. P. Edward, T. W. Edward, J. Farr, W. G. Gaither, Private L. Thorpe, Jno. Barnard, J. Lambert, T. L. Morgan, S. McDaniel, Corps teamster. Co. I. Corporal W. G. Wright, Private J. R. Boyd, Private F. B. Guilford, Brig. butcher. Co. K. O. Sergeant W. C. Frayley, 2d Sergeant A. C. Carter, 2d Corporal A. Mowery, 3d CM. Pierce, W. R. Walston. Co. G. Sergeant John H. White, Private H. Daniel, J. Duke, Jno Faulkner, T. A. Hundley, T. J. James, Private J. Stallings, J. W. Stewart, D. Thompson, A. G. Twisdale, J. C. Weldon, T. B. Watson, Private J. Lambert, S. E. Perkinson, Private W. D. Jones, T. A. Wainwright. Co. H. Corporal J. D. Bullard, J. H. Thomas, Private John Boggan, W. G. Douglass, J. C. Edwards, David Huff, A. J. Howell, Private J. T. Lockhart, Thomas Lingell,