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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)
n 1863, General Lorenzo Thomas, the adjutant general of the army, was organizing colored troops along the Mississippi River. After consulting various Treasury agents and department commanders, including General Grant, and having also the approval of Mr. Lincoln, he issued from Milliken's Bend, La., April 15th, a lengthy series of instructions covering the territory bordering the Mississippi and including all the inhabitants. He appointed three commissioners, Messrs. Field, Shickle and Livermore, to lease plantations and care for the employees. He adroitly encouraged private enterprise instead of Government colonies; but he fixed the wages of able-bodied men over fifteen years of age at $7 per month, for able-bodied women $5 per month, for children from twelve to fifteen years, half price. He laid a tax for revenue of $2 per 400 lbs. on cotton, and five cents per bushel on corn and potatoes. This plan naturally did not work well, for the lessees of plantations proved to be fo
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
, Mrs., II, 527. Leggett, M. D., I, 611,612; II, 5, 7, 8, 11, 101, 465, 466. Lemon, Mr., II, 494. Lewis, J. R., II, 290. Lightburn, Joseph A. J., II, 14. Lincoln, Abraham, I, 102, 104, 135, 137, 139, 176, 180, 182, 188, 193, 196, 200, 202, 209, 256, 271, 309, 310, 312, 349, 350, 379, 385, 452-454, 492; II, 42, 94, 155, 156, 159, 168, 169, 180, 183, 190, 197, 201, 205, 207, 319, 321, 325. Lincoln Memorial University, II, 68, 569, 588. Iindsley, Rev., II, 468, 471. Livermore, D. S., II, 187. Lloyd, Howard, II, 544. Lockwood, Henry H., I, 390. Lockwood, L. C., I, 128; II, 175. Logan, John A., I, 557-559, 592, 611; II, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24-26, 32, 34, 36-38, 46, 98, 99, 104, 109, 122, 131, 135, 139, 142, 144, 145, 148, 206, 211. Logie, William K., I, 620. Longstreet, James, I, 147, 221, 231, 235, 241, 259-262, 266, 282, 284, 287, 306, 318, 331, 332, 351, 380, 383, 388, 392, 399, 400, 403, 404, 416, 421, 422, 425, 427, 434, 435, 45