Sword and Olive Branch : : Oliver Otis Howard / / John Carpenter.
Oliver Otis Howard devoted his life to the service of his country, both as a distinguished army officer in two wars and as the founder of two universities. Oliver Otis Howard was a graduate of Bowdoin College and of West Point. Being reared in a pious New England (Maine) atmosphere gave him a deep s...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The North's Civil War
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction to the 1999 Edition
- Preface
- Early Life
- Prewar Service in the Regular Army
- Brigade Command
- Division and Corps Command
- Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
- Western Victories
- The End of the War
- Early Months of the Freedmen's Bureau
- Relief Work and Land Policy
- Labor and Legal Matters
- The Controversial Bureau
- Education
- Howard University
- Bureau-related Activities: the Barry Farm and the Freedmen's Bank
- Church Dispute and House Investigation
- Peace with the Apaches
- Bunoty Paying, Court of Inquiry
- Washington., D. C.
- Service in the Northwest
- Final Army Assignments
- The Closing Years
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index