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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 3 3 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 16: career of the Anglo-Confederate pirates.--closing of the Port of Mobile — political affairs. (search)
States, capturing valuable prizes, and near Cape Henry she seized the bark Tacony. to this vessel Read transferred his men and armament, and spread destruction and consternation among merchant and fishing vessels, from the coast of Virginia to that of Maine. Swift cruisers were sent after the Tacony. when informed of this, Read transferred his crew and armament to the prize schooner Archer, and destroyed the Tacony. then he went boldly to the entrance of the harbor of Portland, Maine, June 24, 1868. and at midnight sent two armed boats to seize the revenue cutter Cushing, lying there. It was done, when chase after the pirates was successfully made by two merchant steamers, hastily armed and manned for the purpose. The Cushing and Archer, with the pirates, were soon taken back to Port land, where the marauders were lodged in prison. later in the year another daring act of piracy was committed. The merchant steamer Chesapeake, plying between New York and Portland, was seized on
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)
y to aiding the faithful colored soldiers and sailors till that Claim Division should properly end; and, further, they saw that I wished to stimulate every educational interest till our Government schools and those of benevolent societies should become absorbed in a grand free system; we hoped such a system would be inaugurated by each separate State after the processes of reconstruction had had time to crystallize. To further my wishes and recommendations, Congress gave us the Act of June 24, 1868. This continued the Bureau with some modifications, to July 16, 1869. It directed after discontinuance at any point, that the Secretary of War should reestablish it in any place where he was satisfied the safety of the freedmen required it. The second paragraph enabled the secretary, after advising with the commissioner, to discontinue the Bureau from any State fully restored in its constitutional relations with the United States, excepting the Educational division, which was to co
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Appendix (search)
rovide suitable teachers and means of instruction; and he shall furnish such protection as may be required for the safe conduct of such schools. Act of July 16, 1866. Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That unexpended balances in the hands of the Commissioner, not required otherwise for the due execution of the law, may be, in the discretion of the Commissioner, applied for the education of freedmen and refugees, subject to the provisions of laws applicable thereto. Act of June 24, 1868. Officers and directors of Lincoln Memorial University Acknowledgment is made to the following list of officers and directors for their hearty cooperation in the work of the Lincoln Memorial University at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.: Board of directors William L. Stooksbury, Ph.D., President. Col. Robert F. Patterson, Vice-President, Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Hon. Darwin R. James, Treasurer, New York. Chas. F. Eager, Secretary and Asst. Treas., Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Eugene P.
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Sec. 3 (search)
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That unexpended balances in the hands of the Commissioner, not required otherwise for the due execution of the law, may be, in the discretion of the Commissioner, applied for the education of freedmen and refugees, subject to the provisions of laws applicable thereto. Act of June 24, 1868.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
he U. S., Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered out, June 18, 1863. First Lieutenant, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Dec. 29, 1863. Captain, Feb. 15, 186.5. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865. Newell, Joseph K. First Lieutenant, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Captain, Nov. 6, 1861. Cashiered, Nov. 25, 1862. (Letter, A. G. O., Washington, Dec. 10, 1862.) Disability resulting from dismissal was removed by the President, and the Governor of Massachusetts authorized to recommission him. (Letter, War Dept., June 24, 1868.) Newell, Julius T. Second Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Aug. 16, 1864. First Lieutenant, Feb. 18, 1865. Mustered out, June 17, 1865. Newell, Phineas R. First Lieutenant, 3d Battalion Riflemen, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., May 19, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1861. Newell, Robert Ralston. Second Lieutenant, 54th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 12, 1863; mustered, Jan. 5, 1864. First Lieutenant, Feb. 4, 1864; mustered, Mar. 30. Captain, July 11, 1865; mustered, Jul