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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 41: the march to the sea; capture of Fort McAllister and Savannah (search)
to what troops had gone first into Savannah. Gerry's division of Slocum's army at last carried off the palm. General Sherman took up his headquarters with an English gentleman, Mr. Charles Green, who had very generously tendered his home for this purpose. Sherman had hardly reached the city and become settled in his temporary home before he sent to Mr. Lincoln the dispatch which was so widely published, viz.: Savannah, Ga., December 22, 1864. To His Excellency, President Lincoln, Washington, D. C. I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with 150 guns and plenty of ammunition; also about 25,000 bales of cotton. W. T. Sherman, Major General. I took up my headquarters and then wrote home: I want to see the loving faces, yours and the children's, so much that I am really homesick. I went to General Sherman and told him: Now let me off. I don't ask but two days at home. He answered: General, I would give a million of dollars, if I had it, to be wi
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)
I paid a brief visit to the late Confederate capital, and after my return to Manchester, issued orders of march pursuant to General Sherman's instructions for my two corps to proceed via Hanover Court House to Alexandria and Washington. Blair's corps was to set out the 12th, and Logan's to follow on the 13th. I then with my staff intended to go on with Blair's head of column. But while there at Manchester, the following dispatch, which greatly surprised me, was placed in my hands: Washington, D. C., May 7, 1865, 9 P. M. Major General O. O. Howard, Care of General Halleck, Richmond, Va. Leave your army for corps commanders to bring overland and come on immediately yourself by water. Report on arrival to Secretary of War. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant General. This message, enigmatical enough for me, coming into my hands in the afternoon, at once received this answer: Richmond, May 9, 1865, 3:15 P. M. Lieutenant General U. S. Grant. General: Your dispatch only just received
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 58: beginning of Howard University (search)
tantamount to a normal school. It was preparing many excellent teachers for their subsequent work. Miss M. R. Mann, a niece of the Hon. Horace Mann, through the aid of Massachusetts friends, had a handsome school building constructed in Washington, D. C., and it had the best possible appliances furnished-all for her own use. She charged tuition, except for those whose purpose was avowed to become teachers. She commenced at the foundation of instruction, and led her pupils step by step on atence, preparing colored teachers, physicians, ministers, lawyers, and others for the coming needs of the new citizens-notably Oberlin College; Wilberforce University, of Xenia, O.; Berea Academy, Ky.; The Theological Institute (Baptist) at Washington, D. C., and Ashmun Institute at Oxford, Pa. The institute also for colored youth in Philadelphia, founded in 1837 by the bequest of a Friend, Richard Humphreys, was designed to teach agriculture and mechanical arts, and prepare teachers for their
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 59: institutions of the higher grade; the Barry Farm (search)
terest in Hampton Institute, and many times aided it by Government contributions to its buildings and to its permanent endowment. 10. Howard University of Washington, D. C., recorded in 1869 over 400 students pursuing academic and professional branches. The enrollment for 1905-6, the 39th year from its inception, was 950 studenit had much help from its earlier students. I remember in the summer of 1865 that a lady of large benevolence living in Jefferson City came all the way to Washington, D. C., to see me and to consult concerning the ways and means of sustaining. and developing this institute. The Sixty-second and Sixty-fifth United States coloampton: Booker T. Washington. He graduated in the class of 1875; he taught school three terms in West Virginia; he took further studies at Wayland Seminary, Washington, D. C., and returning in 1880 to Hampton he taught Indians till 1881; then, recommended by General Armstrong to found a State normal school at Tuskegee, Ala., he wa
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 60: opposition to Bureau and reconstruction work became personal; the Congregational Church of Washington (search)
Chapter 60: opposition to Bureau and reconstruction work became personal; the Congregational Church of Washington During my Government work in Washington, D. C., from its commencement, May 12, 1865, to its close, July 3, 1874, as was predicted by my friends, I was obliged to meet and overcome many obstacles, and to encounter a constant and determined opposition. Hostility showed itself in hydra-headed forms. The Freedmen's Bureau itself, regarded by its best friends and promoters as abn0,000 more of the public money. It appeared to me incredible that he, a representative in Congress, could have made the remark, so I wrote him immediately the following letter: War Department, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Washington City, April 1, 1870. Dear Sir: By this morning's Chronicle you were made to intimate that I had grown rich from this Bureau, and that the Bill proposed on education was to enable me to control $600,000 more. I do not think you can have said i
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 62: life in Washington, D. C., 1866 to 1874; assigned to duty in regular army as commander, Department of the Columbia (search)
Chapter 62: life in Washington, D. C., 1866 to 1874; assigned to duty in regular army as commander, Department of the Columbia One day in Washington, a gentleman introduced me to Madame Schoolcraft. She was the granddaughter of an Indian chief and the widow of Henry R. Schooloraft, the Indian historian who has left such graphic accounts of Indian tribes. She was apparently about sixty years of age, a tall, handsome, stately woman with exceedingly dark and brilliant eyes which seemed to pierce one through and through when she was talking. She had considerable funds in her hands left her by her husband, and was induced by a real estate agent to invest a large part of them in Washington city property: stores, houses, and house lots in various parts of the city. It was just after the wonderful changes that had taken place through the vote of the city (at that time the citizens of Washington had a vote granted to them by Congress). Under the leadership of the energetic and ent
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 63: in the Northwest, among the Indians; trip to Alaska; life in Portland, Ore.; 1874 to 1881 (search)
e bottom of his foot, and as he lay on the ground he cried out in prayer: O Lord, help me 1 Just as I reached him he looked into my face and smiled, saying: We always do so when we get into trouble. I remember that I answered: Sladen, sometimes the trouble is permitted for that reason! Thq captain's leg had to be amputated and he was confined for a couple of weeks at the fort and then went down the river to his home in Portland; when, later, taking a steamer to join our families at Fort Stevens near the mouth of the Columbia, he slipped and broke open the newly healed wound. He endured great suffering in consequence of this and, in fact, was obliged to have his leg amputated again. Since the accident or providence, whatever we may call it, Sladen has especially enjoyed his Christian work. We met the English general and his staff and after showing them proper attention brought them to Vancouver and Portland. I remember that the general was greatly pleased with everything
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 65: in Europe, Egypt, and Constantinople (search)
Chapter 65: in Europe, Egypt, and Constantinople Early in the season of 1884, I made up my mind, if possible, to go to Europe. General Sherman, after his European tour, had told me that I ought not to undertake it until I had at least seven thousand dollars ahead. I was aware that I had not means enough to take my family; I was sure, however, that if I waited until I laid up that sum, I should never go. One day Mr. Lemon, the editor of the National Tribune of Washington, D. C., was on a visit to Omaha. He said he would pay me for monographs on the Civil War if I could furnish one a week. I thereupon entered into a contract with him which aided me to take the trip. My son Jamie was studying in Germany and would meet me at Antwerp, and we two together could make a reasonably extensive observation. General Sheridan, then commanding the army, gave me a leave of absence, and further extended the time by detailing me to attend the French maneuvers of the Seventeenth Corps d'ar
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 69: transferred to New York city (search)
ds. The weather was exceedingly cold. Some one said to General Joseph E. Johnston, one of the bearers: eneral, put on your hat, you will take cold. Johnston answered: If I were in his place and he standing here in mine he would not put on his hat. Thus delicately he signified his deep regard for Sherman. In fact, these two, after their campaign was over, behaved always toward each other as brothers. General Johnston did take cold at that funeral, and his own sickness and death in Washington City followed soon after. I was present at his funeral. He had a military escort of Confederate friends but without arms. I noticed them as they swung from line to column, obeying their orders with promptitude like the veteran soldiers that they were. It was about this time that I took my family to Florida. We enjoyed the hospitality of the Hon. H. M. Flagler. What he has done for the eastern portion of Florida is enormous in its inception and results. Our stay later at Key West was
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
, W. T., 1, 494, 496, 517, 615, 616, 619. Ware, E. A., II, 403. Warner, Willard, II, 48. Warren, Gouveneur K., I, 106. Washburn, Israel, I, 106, 114-116, 255. Washburn, J. H., II, 587. Washington, Booker T., II, 415, 416. Washington, D. C., Camping in, I, 133-145. Washington, D. C., Life in, II, 459-467. Washington, James B., I, 232. Watkins, Mr., I, 185, 195. Wauhatchie, Battle of. I, 465-470. Wayne, H. C., 11, 78, 80, 82. Webb, A. 8., I, 430, 436, 439, 444. Washington, D. C., Life in, II, 459-467. Washington, James B., I, 232. Watkins, Mr., I, 185, 195. Wauhatchie, Battle of. I, 465-470. Wayne, H. C., 11, 78, 80, 82. Webb, A. 8., I, 430, 436, 439, 444. Webb, E. B., 1, 70; 11, 97. Weber, Max, I, 300. Weir, Robert, I, 91. Weir, Mrs., Robert, 1, 96. Weiss, Charley, I, 215, 437. Weld, Allan H., I, 25. Welles, Gideon, I, 139. Wellington, Duke of, I, 612; II, 24, 495, 496. Wells, Spencer, I, 27. Wesells, Henry W., I, 229. Wever, Clark R., II, 64. Whaley, William, II, 238. Wheeler, Joseph, I, 541, 542, 579, 601, 602, 605, 606, 608, 609; II, 7, 14, 28, 30, 47, 74, 78, 80. Whipple, A. W., I, 157, 333. White, Ju