- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Oliver O. Howard
- Date of Original:
- 1865/1872
- Subject:
- Generals--United States
United States. Army--Uniforms
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Officials and employees
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Georgia
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Major General Oliver O. Howard served as director of the Freedmen's Bureau, an agency that provided social welfare to formerly enslaved African Americans from 1865 until 1872. Operations of the bureau ceased in Georgia in 1870.
Photograph of Major General Oliver O. Howard, who served as director of the Freedmen's Bureau, an agency that provided social welfare to newly emancipated slaves from 1865 until 1872. He wears his military uniform. Operations of the bureau ceased in Georgia in 1870. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/freedmens-bureau/m-10997/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/freedmens-bureau
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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