Tag Archives: Oliver Otis Howard

“it is our country”

Posted on March 9, 2017 by SUMPTER

On March 7, 1867 the Southern Famine Relief Commission published a fact sheet about the severe destitution in the South, especially in Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas. General O.O. Howard wrote that although his Freedmen’s Bureau was for the most … Continue reading →

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General Grant reports

Posted on December 23, 2015 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week reports by President Johnson and General Grant on the condition of the South were published. From The New-York Times December 20, 1865: THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS; Important Message from the President on Reconstruction. He Favors the … Continue reading →

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American Union Commission report

Posted on October 25, 2015 by SUMPTER

In October 1865 the American Union Commission, “organized to aid in the restoration of the Union upon the basis of freedom, industry, education, and Christian morality,” published a report of its work helping destitute Southerners. It is a 33 page … Continue reading →

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southern social war?

Posted on June 6, 2015 by SUMPTER

The National Government “has freed the four millions of slaves by its own deliberate acts, and it is bound to take care that this freedom shall benefit, and not injure them.” – hopefully with the support of the state governments … Continue reading →

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lashless society

Posted on May 12, 2015 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today: “President Andrew Johnson appoints General Oliver O. Howard to head the Freedman’s Bureau.” A May 12th editorial argued that, just as the conduct of black soldiers upset preconceived Southern notions of African-American competence, free black labor … Continue reading →

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“intolerance and bigotry”

Posted on June 11, 2013 by SUMPTER

The South … has never proscribed any man on account of his creed or race From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 11, 1863: The Yankee Know Nothings. A suggestive item of Yankee news has been published in this paper, which … Continue reading →

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He had a dream

Posted on April 29, 2013 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 29, 1863: “Nigger” Surgeons. –The recently appointed negro surgeon, Dr. A. S. Augusta, writes to the Washington Star that he holds the appointment of full regimental surgeon U. S. V. instead of assistant surgeon, … Continue reading →

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A Professor Goes to War

Posted on May 28, 2011 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times May 29, 1861: ELECTION OF COLONEL. AUGUSTA, Me., Tuesday, May 28. Lieutenant OLIVER O. HOWARD, of the regular army, now one of the Professors at West Point, was to-day elected Colonel of the Third Regiment of … Continue reading →

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