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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 44: skirmishing at Cheraw and Fayetteville and the Battle of Averysboro (search)
at he did not anticipate much force ahead, and so pressed on into the city itself. Duncan, while caring for his men, discovered a large force of cavalry on some high ground ready to pounce upon him. He succeeded, however, in saving his command, but he himself in the rear was captured; he, however, escaped and came into bivouac and was described by Sherman as having been stripped of everything valuable, and being clothed in an old unpresentable dress. The account of Duncan's interviews with Butler, Hampton, and Hardee was very entertaining, and is still, as he vividly recalls it. Hardee, Duncan declares, treated him with kindness, but was very anxious to find how he had happened to seize the bridge and pass the pickets with so small a force of horsemen. Duncan's men reported to us that very day the circumstances, so that Giles A. Smith's column could not safely delay any longer. Smith sent forward at once a troop of mounted men. They joined the returning scouts, then followed up
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 46: negro conditions during the Civil War (search)
anders in the field. Thus General Hunter was reprimanded. Still, by these antislavery officers and many others on our extended lines, the escaping slaves were never returned to bondage, and when within our lines were treated humanely. General B. F. Butler's shrewd experiments at Fort Monroe and Hampton greatly helped the whole observing army. A Confederate officer, Colonel Charles Mallory, sent an agent from Norfolk to Butler for the purpose of recovering three escaped slaves. Butler refuse were rather short steps in the path of progress! They were experiments. From the time of the opening of New Orleans in 1862 till 1865, different systems of caring for the escaped slaves and their families were tried in the Southwest. Generals Butler and Banks, each in his turn sought to provide for the thousands of destitute freedmen in medicines, rations, and clothing. Colonies were soon formed and sent to abandoned plantations. A sort of general poor farm was established and called
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 51: the early finances; schools started (search)
had this brief account of the origin of the retained bounties: The amount held as retained bounties cannot be considered as funds of the Bureau, as it is merely held in trust for colored soldiers, or their families, in accordance with (General Benjamin F. Butler's) General Orders No. 90, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, current series, 1864. By General Butler's orders a portion of the bounties due to colored soldiers who were secured and enlisted to fill up the quota of troops fromGeneral Butler's orders a portion of the bounties due to colored soldiers who were secured and enlisted to fill up the quota of troops from the different States was segregated and put into a fund. This fund was to be used for the support or partial support of the wives and children of the colored soldiers thus enlisted. A part of it had been disbursed in accordance with the terms of the orders and the balance, under the President's instructions, was transferred to our Bureau. At first it was simply kept in trust, so uncertain did we feel concerning the proper disposal of it. After a time a part of the fund was used to purchase
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
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 Roost Gap, II, 504-506, Cade, Mr., II, 139. Caldwell, John C., I, 267, 300, 301, 309, 342. Callender, Franklin D., I, 67. Cameron, Simon, I, 139; II, 170. Canby, Edw. R. 8., II, 188, 216. Candy, Charles, I, 545. Cannon, LeGrand B., II, 175. Carlin, Wm. P., II, 146-148, 344. Carno