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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 14 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 2 Browse Search
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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 43: march through the Carolinas; the taking of Columbia (search)
nce in particular which I recall was the protection given to the house and family of the Rev. Dr. A. Toomer Porter, who had been a Confederate chaplain. Lieutenant McQueen, of Captain William Duncanes by one contrivance or another. He was so kind and considerate that he won the affection of Dr. Porter and all belonging to his household. Not long after we left Columbia, Captain Duncan, with h, owing to the excitement then existing in the country, his life was believed to be in peril. Dr. Porter chanced to hear of the wounded officer, and also of his weak condition and danger. The doctorr, and after we had heard of the surrender of Robert E. Lee's forces in Virginia. This act of Dr. Porter won my heart. After many years of suffering from his wound and a shortened leg, better medi succeeded in restoring McQueen to complete health and robust condition. I have since visited Dr. Porter in Charleston, S. C., and can testify to the noble work of his life in educating young men, es
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 45: March through the Carolinas; the Battle of Bentonville; Johnston's surrender (search)
nton; the right wing for a time along the Weldon road as far as Nahunta, and thence leftward to Pearce's Mill, and so northward to Warrenton. Schofield's army was to take a central route, passing by Whitley's Mill, and on to Rolesville, and thence to Warrenton; while Kilpatrick's cavalry, preceding my column, was to clear the way, watch the right flank, and get to Weldon as soon as practicable. The instant we had passed the Roanoke arrangements were made with supply vessels and with Admiral Porter of the navy, to change our depots from New Berne and Kinston to Winton and Murfreesboro. Sherman promised to be habitually with the center column. He demanded a report each night from all of us as to whether anything material had occurred during the day. We were filled with animation, and hastily putting things to rights, when, sometime during the day of April 6th, news reached us which changed the whole programme. The news was: General Robert E. Lee's troops of North Virginia were
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 55: first appropriation by congress for the bureau; the reconstruction Act, March 2, 1867; increase of educational work (search)
chools just started were supported by 30 per cent. added to the general tax. The excuse was that the general Government had freed the negroes and might now educate them; and taxes of all kinds put upon the whites were but a meager return to the State because of the loss of slave property. The colored schools in South Carolina, both those aided by the Bureau and private ones not formally reported, contained 20,000 pupils. Some of the most prominent South Carolinians, among them the Rev. A. Toomer Porter, D. D., had come forward to take a positive and earnest interest in the work of education for all the children of the State. The latter came to visit me at Washington, and together we succeeded in obtaining the use of the great Marine Hospital for the colored children. We together visited that building afterwards and found it filled with pupils called colored, but actually presenting the spectacle of all shades as to the hair, the eyes, and the skin. It was, indeed, an admixture of
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
Pierce, Ebenezer W., I, 140. Pine Top, Battle of, I, 563. Piper, Alexander, II, 548. Pleasonton, Alfred, I, 76, 272, 279, 280, 282, 285, 302, 312, 318, 350, 352, 356, 374, 379, 383, 384, 388, 389, 398, 445, 449. Pocataligo, S. C., II, 103. Polk, Leonidas, I, 602, 609, 518, 528, 533, 534, 539, 642, 643, 551, 663, 564, 678, 604; 11, 26. Pomeroy, S. C., II, 395, 397, 419. Pomphrey, Mr., I, 209. Pope, John, I, 256-266, 268, 269; II, 450. Porter, Andrew, , 155, 169. Porter, A. Toomer, II, 123, 124, 339. Porter, D. D., II, 154. Porter, Fitz John, I, 96, 172. 216, 217, 227, 228, 262, 264, 265, 272, 277, 289, 303, 305, 311, 312, 370. Porter, Horace, II, 567. Portland, Oregon, II, 468-484. Posey, Carnot, 1, 361, 369. Potter, Capt., II, 608. Potts, B. F., II, 9, 138. Prestman, Stephen W., I, 567. Prochet, Robert, II, 556. Quimby, George W., II, 83, 139. Radford, R. C. W., I, 147. Rains, G. J., I, 233. Ramysy, Douglas, I, 158. Rand