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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 42: March through the Carolinas; Savannah, Ga., to Columbia, S. C. (search)
on as the firing began our men sprang off the road into the swamps. Ten or a dozen were hit, but it was at this time that the colonel of the Forty-third Ohio, Wager Swayne, was struck just below the knee with the fragment of a shell. His leg was badly broken, and when the stretcher bearers bore him past me I saw that he was in p I remember that he looked up into my face with a pleasant, grateful smile, and used a Christian expression that I recall to this day: The Lord sustains me! General Swayne's record as a soldier, as a lawyer, as a citizen is too well known to our countrymen to need anything but a reference. He was a grand, manly man. Under myd the eastern bank of the Salkehatchie so quickly and with so little loss; yet everybody felt very deep sympathy for those who were wounded, especially for Colonel Wager Swayne, and, also, sorrow so often repeated for the few who had fallen to rise no more. General Mower's loss was about twelve killed and seventy wounded. In r
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 48: organization of the freedmen's Bureau and my principles of action (search)
, by my asking, from the army. September 19th I announced three more assistant commissioners: General Davis Tillson, Georgia, Headquarters, Augusta. General Wager Swayne, Alabama, Headquarters, Montgomery. General E. M. Gregory, Texas, Headquarters, Galveston. Osborn was changed to Florida with headquarters at Jacksonvior years on my staff in the field, had been before the war a college professor; Saxton of the old army had long been distinguished as a friend of the negroes; Wager Swayne, son of Justice Swayne, was a promising young lawyer and a Christian. He had exhibited a remarkable decision of character in the army, was a colonel in the voJustice Swayne, was a promising young lawyer and a Christian. He had exhibited a remarkable decision of character in the army, was a colonel in the volunteers, and lost a leg while under my command. Osborn, my chief of artillery at Gettysburg, was a quiet, unobtrusive officer of quick decision and of pure life. Samuel Thomas, very properly commended by other officers, and of excellent character, had unusual executive ability. J. W. Sprague was distinguished in the Army of th
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 50: courts for freedmen; medical care and provision for orphans (search)
ies made a good beginning. Here by his action the old compulsory overseer system had been effectually stopped. General Wager Swayne, assistant commissioner for Alabama, found there a failure of the crops; it was owing to a drought and to the excie late military raids through the State; he feared great distress of both whites and blacks during the coming winter; but Swayne, always wise, carefully matured plans for effective relief. For example: In such counties as most needed assistance he hthey would admit the testimony of the freedmen. This boon of negro evidence was at first quite generally refused. General Swayne in Alabama, proving himself an able diplomat as well as a good lawyer, had the first substantial success. He had prama gave up their opposition and yielded recognition and decided to accept the jurisdiction. Very promptly I approved of Swayne's entire proposition, believing that we could thus test the disposition of the judicial functionaries as to their willing
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 52: President Johnson's reconstruction and further bureau legislation for 1866 (search)
iend had so far affected the actions of white citizens that acts of injustice and oppression were less numerous. Planters looked to Bureau officers to make their laborers reliable; and freedmen sought their aid also to obtain their wages. General Swayne, contrary to his first expectations, a little later found the Alabama legislators anything but fair and just. He said: The vagrant law of Alabama operates most iniquitously upon the freedmen. In terms, the law makes no distinction on accoune annulled if fairly tested. I have taken up three classes under it by habeas corpus, but in every case the persons were discharged for informality in the commitment without reaching the merits of the case. So many grievances occurred that even Swayne, with whom the good governor sought to cooperate, was forced in several of the worst localities to reestablish Bureau courts. General Absalom Baird in his last message in September indicated a bad outlook for Louisiana. Brutal conduct in dist
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)
necessities. I was glad enough that new laws and orders made General Swayne a district commander as well as my assistant commissioner for And on plantations rude temporary structures were put up, and these Swayne aided with school furniture. Applications for assistance beyond the ability of General Swayne or myself to supply, were on the increase. The willingness of negro parents out of their poverty to sustain, as fols for their children was everywhere manifest; they soon warranted Swayne's strenuous efforts to make them wholly selfsupporting. Oppositihe better and influential class of white people had diminished when Swayne made his annual report, and a manly purpose on the part of the freethe children had the privilege of attending them. Such teachers as Swayne then had were earnest, laborious, and efficient. They preserved goes. But a little light dawned upon the State. United States Judges Swayne and Ballard had heard cases in the District Court in Kentucky,
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 56: famine reliefs; paying soldiers' bounties, and summary of work accomplished (search)
imes food and sometimes clothing. General Whittlesey said that voluntary contributions from this source had served to lessen the demand so much that the expenditure had fallen far short of the original estimate of the relief needed. Surely this was an unusual exhibit. Our Claim Division was of great help in protecting ignorant colored soldiers and sailors, now scattered in different parts of the country, who were claimants for bounties, back pay, and prize moneys. Referring to this General Swayne remarks: Five hundred and sixteen applicants passed through my office (at Montgomery, Ala.) during the month of August. There is reason to believe that convenient and gratuitous assistance is almost indispensable to the parties in interest. Yet without further legislation the Bureau could not give sufficient protection. There were some claim agents who had taken advantage of the late colored soldiers. They at first charged them exorbitant fees. Then by various expedients they manage
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 59: institutions of the higher grade; the Barry Farm (search)
also the Emerson School at Montgomery, Ala., not now found in the United States school reports, were absorbed in the newer State Normal School for Colored Students, which gives an aggregate enrollment for 1903 of 416 pupils and 20 teachers. General Swayne, my diligent and able assistant commissioner, aided these schools in every possible way. 19. The Stanton Normal School, of Jacksonville, Fla., began January, 1868. A good building was dedicated April 10, 1869. General G. W. Gile, subassisustrial work, including farm and garden work. The industrial features on a smaller scale are like those of Hampton. 23. The Talladega, Ala., Normal School began about the same time as that at Tougaloo, under the same patronage and having General Swayne's active and efficient aid. Its name was soon changed to College. In 1869 there were two teachers and 70 scholars. In 1904 we find Talladega College in full and active operation. The total enrollment was 596 students, coming from seven Sta
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
. Stuart, Owen, II, 82. Sturgis, Samuel D., I, 280, 302-305. Sturgis, William B., II, 387. Sully, Alfred, I, 238, 269, 326, 342. Sumner, Charles, II, 198, 200. Sumner, E. V., I, 172, 180-185, 190, 194-199, 207, 215, 220, 221, 227-229, 237, 238, 240, 242, 266, 267, 269, 272, 277, 279, 290, 291, 295-298, 301, 302, 305, 311, 316, 317, 822, 325, 326, 329, 333, 337, 338, 344, 347. Sumner, Sam S., I, 183, 186. Sunderland, Byron, I, 175. Swayne, Noah, II, 218, 345. Swayne, Wager, II, 107, 217, 218, 249, 253, 254, 287, 333-335, 353, 411, 413. Sweeny, Thomas W., I, 519, 520; II, 4, 5, 6. Sykes, George, I, 298, 303, 359-362. Sylvey, Jerome, II, 46. Sylvey, Spurgeon, II, 46. Symington, Carrie, 1, 64. Symington, John, I, 62, 64. Symington, Mrs., John, I, 63, 64, 71. Symington, Mary, I. 72. Taggart, Samuel L., II, 87, 216. Taliaferro, Win. B., I, 264, 332. Tallman, James H., I, 120. Taney, Roger B., II, 278. Tanner, James, II, 669.