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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 46: negro conditions during the Civil War (search)
t of the Union, and among many people who had thus far cordially maintained our cause. How this action of the President affected the proslavery element in that portion of the army with which I was connected may be illustrated by one or two occurrences. During a temporary absence of General Darius N. Couch, I was commanding the Second Corps near Falmouth, Va. More incautious than scores of others, a young officer of that corps was one day loudly talking to his comrades against General Ambrose E. Burnside, then commanding the Army of the Potomac, and also against the President. The officer declared that he would never fight in company with accursed abolitionists. He was surrounded by other commissioned officers, including the surgeon and chaplain of his regiment, and his soldiers were within hearing. Two or three prominent civilians on a visit to the army chanced to hear his pronounced offensive words, and noticed the growing excitement in that neighborhood. Coming straight to
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
II, 545. Buckingham, Maurice, I, 313. Buell, D. II., I, 135. Buell, Don Carlos, 1,188,456; II, 169. Buell, G. P., I, 588, 603. Buford, John, I, 260, 398-401, 403, 406, 407, 412, 413, 415, 416, 418, 423. Bullfinch, John, I, 25. Bull Run, Battle of, I, 146-165, 168, 169, 187. Bull Run, Second Battle of, I, 251-270. Bumstead, Horace, II, 403. Burbank, Sidney, II, 345. Burnham, A. H., , 99. Burnham, Jonas P., I, 18. Burns, W. W., I,75,239,267,297,345. Burnside, A. E., I, 138, 154, 155, 158, 189, 190, 259, 277, 279, 280, 283, 284, 287, 289, 294, 303-305, 311, 313-322, 328, 329, 332, 333, 345, 347, 477, 492; II, 181. Burt, Edwin, I, 115, 119. Buscho, Captain, II, 530. Bush, W. W., I, 173. Bushbeck, Adolph, 1, 350, 354, 364, 373, 481, 482, 484. Butler, B. F., I, 103, 131, 139, 189, 201; II, 137, 168, 170, 171, 174, 175, 186, 265. Butterfield, Daniel, I, 138, 333, 444, 467, 516, 572, 615; II, 553. Butts, Samuel A., II, 386. Buzzard