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5. Fessenden, J. D., Mar. 13, 1865. Fisk, Clinton B., Mar. 13, 1865. Force, M. F., Mar. 13, 1865. Foster, R. S., Mar. 31, 1865. Fuller, John W., Mar. 13, 1865. Geary, John W., Jan. 12, 1865. Gilbert, Jas. J., Mar. 26, 1865. Gleason, John H., Mar. 13, 1865. Gooding, O. P., Mar. 13, 1865. Gordon, Geo. H., April 9, 1865. Graham, C. K., Mar. 13, 1865. Grant, Lewis A., Oct. 19, 1864. Greene, George S., Mar. 13, 1865. Gregg, D. McM., Aug. 1, 1864. Gregg, John I., Mar. 13, 1865. Gregory, E. M., April 9, 1866. Gresham, W. Q., Mar. 13, 1865. Griffin, S. G., April 2, 1865. Grose, Wm., Aug. 15, 1865. Guss, Henry R., Mar. 13, 1865. Gwyn, James, April 1, 1865. Hamblin, J. E., April 5, 1865. Hamlin, Cyrus, Mar. 13, 1865. Harris, T. M., April 2, 1865. Hartranft, John F., Mar. 25, 1865. Hatch, John P., Mar. 13, 1865. Hawley, Jos. R., Sept. 28, 1865. Hayes, Joseph, Mar. 13, 1865. Hayes, Ruth. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Hays, Alex., May 5, 1865. Heath, H. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Hill,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Freedmen's Bureau. (search)
efugees, and Abandoned Lands, attached to the War Department; and early in May Gen. Oliver O. Howard (q. v.) was appointed commissioner. He appointed eleven assistant commissioners, all army officers; namely—for the District of Columbia, Gen. John Eaton, Jr.; Virginia, Col. O. Brown; North Carolina, Col. E. Whittlesey; South Carolina and Georgia, Gen. R. Sexton; Florida, Col. T. W. Osborne; Alabama, Gen. W. Swayne; Louisiana, first the Rev. T. W. Conway, and then Gen. A. Baird; Texas, Gen. E. M. Gregory; Mississippi, Col. S. Thomas; Kentucky and Tennessee, Gen. C. B. Fisk, Missouri and Arkansas, Gen. J. W. Sprague. The bureau took under its charge the freedmen, the refugees, and the abandoned lands in the South, for the purpose of protecting the freedmen and the refugees in their rights, and returning the lands to their proper owners. In this work right and justice were vindicated. To make the operations of the bureau more efficient and beneficent, an act was passed (Feb. 19, 1866)
E. M. Gregory Col. 91st Penn. InfantryDec. 7, 1863, to Dec., 1863. 3d Brigade, 2d Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Col. 91st Penn. InfantryFeb. 12, 1863, to March 28, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3d Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Col. 91st Penn. InfantryFeb. 25, 1865, to June 28, 1865. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Col. 91st Penn. InfantryJan. 27, 1863, to Feb. 12, 1863. 3d Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Col. 91st Penn. InfantryJan., 1863, to Jan. 27, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3d Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Col. 91st Penn. InfantryJuly 3, 1864, to Jan. 22, 1865. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Col. 91st Penn. InfantryJune 6, 1864, to June 20, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2d Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Po
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)
ery one had been assigned, 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 Jacksonville; Saxton was still the assistant commissioner for South Carolina and Georgia, General Tillson being regarded at first as an acting assistanlent character, had unusual executive ability. J. W. Sprague was distinguished in the Army of the Tennessee for decided ability as a general, and meritorious conduct which he showed at all times, and for his dignity of carriage and thought; and Gregory was well reputed for the stand he always took in the army in favor of clear-cut uprightness of conduct. He was so fearless of opposition or danger that I sent him to Texas, which seemed at the time of his appointment to be the post of greatest
, William Cunningham, II, 568. Gray, W. II., II, 482. Greble, Clara, II, 527, 530, 538. Greble, Edwin, I, 58. Greble, Edwin St. J., I, 141; II, 549, 550. Greble, John T., I, 58, 140. Greeley, Horace, II, 316. Green, Charles, II, 94. Green, Mr., I, 449. Green, O. D., II, 549. Greene, Francis, II, 129. Greene, George S., I, 294, 295, 297, 299, 426-428, 430, 432, 469. Greener, Richard T., II, 486. Gregg, David B., I, 434. Gregory, C. H., II, 348. Gregory, E. M., II, 217, 218. Gresham, W. Q., I, 609,611; II, 11. Griffin, Charles, 11, 342, 343. Griffith, James J., I, 442, 443. Griswoldville, Battle of, 11, 71-75. Grose, William, I, 572, 581. Grosvenor, Prof., II, 512. Hale, John P., I, 386. Haley, William D., I, 119. Hall, Daniel, I, 386, 409, 411-413. Hall, George A., II, 445. Hall, Norman J., I, 322-324, 342, 436. Hall, R. M., II, 399, 401. Hall, Sarah, I, 37. Hall, William, II, 9. Hall, William, II,