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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)
r. February 8, 1862, in North Carolina the battle of Roanoke Island was fought; immediately after it crowds of fugitives, most of them poor and ignorant negroes, poured into camp. Very soon a prominent member of the Christian Commission, Vincent Colyer, Esq., of New York was set at work to care for these fugitives. He was designated in orders as Superintendent of t1he Poor. In the ensuing March after New Berne had been captured, Colyer exercised the same functions there. The following Colyer exercised the same functions there. The following was his method: He took a house for himself and his helpers and made it the center and store of active benevolence for his beneficiaries. For the able-bodied lie secured employment as carpenters, blacksmiths, longshoremen, and laborers on military works. Officers in command also received some negroes from him and used them as scouts, a few chosen fugitives being dispatched to go beyond the lines and return with information. Evening schools were here opened for the freedmen. At New Berne al
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
Cleburne, Patrick R., I, 483, 488; II, 7, 8, 29. Cleveland, Parker, I, 28, 34. Cliff, Tony, II, 386. Closson, Henry W., I, 57. Cobb, Deacon, I, 14. Cobb, Howell, I, 278, 384; II, 48. Cobham, George A., I, 620. Coburn, John, I, 615. Cockerell, J. R., I, 565, 566. Cody, W. F., II, 567. Coke, Phillip St. G., I, 147. Colburn, N. B., I, 209. Colby, Abram, II, 384. Cole, A. S., II, 216. Cole, John A., II, 420. Columbia, Taking of, II, 117-133. Colyer, Vincent, II, 176. Comstock, Cyrus B., I, 354, 365, 376. Comte de Paris, I, 377, 401. Coney, Samuel, I, 69. Conway, Thomas W., II, 186, 188, 215-217, 283, 302. Conyngham, David B., I, 532. Cook, B. C., II, 395, 397. Cooke, Jay, 1, 139. Cooper, William, II, 379. Come, J. M., 1, 535, 536; 11, 18, 38, 46, 58-63, 66, 70, 81, 82, 103. Cosby, George B., I, 70. Coster, Charles R., I, 417. Couch, D. N., I, 172, 220, 229, 230, 233-239, 272, 289, 298, 306, 311, 324, 337,