. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . George VV. Balloch. Brevet Brigadier General and Chief Disbursing Officer Freedmans Bureau. General Eliphalet Whittlesey. Brevet Brigadier General and Assistant Commissioner Freedmans Bureau. V Organization of the Freedmens Bureau September 19th I announced three more assistantcommissioners: General Davis Tillson, Georgia, Headquarters, Wager Swayne, Alabama, Headquarters, E. M. Gregory, Texas, Headquarters, Galveston. Osborn was changed to Florida with headquartersat Jacksonville; Sax


. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . George VV. Balloch. Brevet Brigadier General and Chief Disbursing Officer Freedmans Bureau. General Eliphalet Whittlesey. Brevet Brigadier General and Assistant Commissioner Freedmans Bureau. V Organization of the Freedmens Bureau September 19th I announced three more assistantcommissioners: General Davis Tillson, Georgia, Headquarters, Wager Swayne, Alabama, Headquarters, E. M. Gregory, Texas, Headquarters, Galveston. Osborn was changed to Florida with headquartersat Jacksonville; Saxton was still the assistant com-missioner for South Carolina and Georgia, GeneralTillson being regarded at first as an acting assistantcommissioner, reporting to Saxton. From these State centers were organized subdis-tricts, more or less in number according to the were a few civil employees, but generally thesubagents (called by some officers assistant super-intendents) for given districts, were put on duty di-rectly by the Secretary of War, being taken and


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