[1142] Freedmen’s Bureau Report, Oct. 24, 1869.
[1143] Freedmen’s Bureau Report, Oct. 24, 1868.
[1144] McPherson’s scrap-book, “Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, 1866,” p. 128.
[1145] For examples, see Schurz’s Report and accompanying documents, Nos. 20, 21, 22, 28; Taylor, “Destruction and Reconstruction”; article by Schurz in McClure’s Magazine, Jan., 1904.
[1146] The Nation, Feb. 15, 1866.
[1147] Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, Pt. III, p. 138.
[1148] G. O. No. 7, Montgomery, Aug. 4, 1865.
[1149] No one ever knew exactly how far the military commander was bound to obey the assistant commissioner and vice versa. The problem was at last solved by making Swayne military commander also.
[1150] Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, Pt. III, p. 138 (testimony of General Wager Swayne).
[1151] Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, Pt. III, p. 138.