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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)
f one who had been for months trying his hand with all classes of people under Generals Banks, Hurlbut, and Canby. Those officers commended him highly to Mr. Stanton and myself. For the home office in Washington I had: General W. E. Strong, Inspector General for the whole field. Colonel J. S. Fullerton, Adjutant General. Lieutenant Colonel Geo. W. Balloch, Chief Disbursing Officer and head of the Subsistence Distribution. Captain Samuel L. Taggart, Assistant Adjutant General. Major William Fowler, Assistant Adjutant General. Captain J. M. Brown, Assistant Quartermaster. Surgeon C. W. Horner, Chief Medical Officer. The clerks added to the group made the working force. My personal staff from the army continued with me, viz., Major H. M. Stinson, Captain F. W. Gilbreth, aids-de-camp; Captain A. S. Cole and Lieutenant J. A. Sladen, acting aids-de-camp. My inspector general and aids were what I called foot-loose ; they were ready to go to any point within our official dominion
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 49: the abandoned lands (search)
to those who had abandoned the lands in order to engage in the war; orders of restoration to all such immediately followed the presentation of the executive pardon; this was very soon after I had obtained the control of Bureau matters. Major William Fowler, who had served most creditably in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth New York Volunteers and later as an assistant adjutant general in the army, was the first officer assigned to the charge of my Land Division. A lawyer by profession, he proved eminently qualified for all matters pertaining to Government lands, however acquired. Fowler's first official answer to my inquiries affords a brief statement of what real property was under control of the Bureau and how it came there. He said that the Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1865, which established the Bureau, intrusted it with the supervision and management of all abandoned lands, i. e., lands taken by the Government while their lawful owner was voluntarily absent from them,
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 53: the bureau work in 1866; President Johnson's first opposition (search)
Chapter 53: the bureau work in 1866; President Johnson's first opposition Major Fowler, who had, as his main business, to hasten the return of houses and lands to pardoned owners, was given in addition the Claim Division. Its origin was this: At the office in Washington constant complaints had been received from our agents that discharged colored soldiers were constantly defrauded by unprincipled men of amounts due them from the Government. Some were told that they had dues when there were none. The deceivers would get from the individual soldier discharge papers and require a fee for their return. Soldiers would wait days and weeks in towns and cities for promised action touching bounties and prize money, often when the same had no existence in fact. Again, in the thousands of cases where there were actual dues exorbitant fees would be taken in settlement, totally regardless of all law or reason. The gross ignorance of the mass of colored soldiers rendered them especial o
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
, II, 519. Finnemore, Sam., I, 16. Fisk, A. P., I, 251, 252. Fisk, Clinton B., II, 215, 250, 289, 290, 327, 407. FitzMr, ir., II , 299. Fitzgerald, Louis, II, 551. Flagler, H. M., II, 554. Flanders, E. B., I, 190. Foote, A. H., I, 205. Foote, Solomon, 11, 321. Foraker, Joseph B., II, 144. Force, M. F., II, 11, 109, 110. Ford, Thomas H., I, 276. Forrest, N. B., 11, 28, 30, 46, 375, 381. Foster, Henry, 1, 23. Foster, John G., II, 91,92,94,96,335. Fowler, William, II, 216, 230, 293. Francis, Thomas, 1, 13. Frank, John D., I, 196, 243, 343. Franklin, James, II, 379. Franklin, William B., I, 148, 149, 154, 172, 216, 217, 224-227, 267, 272, 277, 278, 288, 289, 298, 300-302, 311, 312, 317, 322, 326, 328-330, 332, 333, 337, 345, 347, 382. Frazier, Garrison, II, 190. Frederick, Cesar, 11, 386. Fredericksburg, Battle of, I, 327-336. Freedman's Aid Societies, II, 194-205. American Missionary Association, II, 195. American Tract Socie