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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 36: Battle of Ezra Church (search)
f Woods's division, made nearly a right angle with the rest of the line. We had no time to locate our batteries in front without too much exposure in case of an enemy's charge; so that I had only a few of them brought forward and kept within call should an emergency require them. Sherman remained with me until we were in position. He remarked again that he hardly thought I should have a general battle; but that in case of an attack in force Morgan's division, which was reconnoitering to Turner's. Ferry, would come back by a road so as to give complete protection to my right flank; indeed, he would send and order it. Then he left me, saying he would return to the center, telling me to call on him if I needed any assistance. Thus he permitted me to conduct my first battle alone. One of Logan's batteries I then sent to the front and located not far from the road, with a view to replying to the enemy's troublesome, though fitful, cannonading. The woods there were too thick for a
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 55: first appropriation by congress for the bureau; the reconstruction Act, March 2, 1867; increase of educational work (search)
on the part of the freedmen toward self-help and independence was evident. Somebody, however, must organize in new fields and instruct the freedmen in their duty and interest. The General cited several instances of good disposition and success. At Mount Moriah, six miles from Mobile, lived a colored man, Edward Moore, who had built a log schoolhouse at his own expense, putting it on his own land. In this he was teaching 52 pupils. This school the freedmen supported. Again, at Selma, B. S. Turner, himself a prosperous and representative freedman, was helping his friends and neighbors by eloquent words and by money out of his own earnings to secure school advantages to the children. His brief speech to an inspector was recorded: Let us educate, let us make sacrifices to educate ourselves, in this matter, let us help those of us who are unable to help themselves. At Montgomery, one of the seven schools there existing was taught by a white man of Southern birth. All this was encou
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
, 300, 301, 340. Toombs, Robert, I, 294, 302-304. Torgler, Ernst, II, 23. Tourtelotte, John E., 11, 58, 61, 63. Towne, Laura E., 11, 98. Townsend, E. D., II, 210. Treadwell, Thomas J., I, 49. Treat,. Charles G., II, 558, 559, 565. Trimble, Isaac R., I, 261. True, N. T., I, 22. Trumbull, Lyman, II, 280, 282, 322. Tucker, Isaac N., I, 118, 120. Tucker, R. S., II, 159. Tucker, Mrs. R. S., II, 159. Tunnel Hill, Ga., II, 504. Tupper, H. M., II, 412. Turner, B. S., II, 334. Twiggs, David E., I, 103, 182. Tyler, Daniel, I, 146, 150-154, 391-393. Tyler, Warren, II, 387. Tyndale, Hector, 1, 468. Underwood, Adeline B., I, 469. United States Military Academy, I, 42, 45, 55, 59, 70, 88, 89, 98. Bible Class, I, 52. Cadet at the, I, 44-58. Graduation, I, 59-73. Instructor, I, 90, 111. Superintendent of the, II, 485-490. Upham, Elizabeth K., II, 556. Upham, Francis W., II, 556. Upham, Thomas C., I,.31, 33. Upton, Emery, I,