Clinton Bowen Fisk was an American senior officer during Reconstruction in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands and served as the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate during the 1888 presidential election. Fisk University was named in his honor after he endowed it with $30,000. In addition, he helped establish the first free public schools in the Southern United States for white and African-American children.
Columbus, Ky., December 29, 1862. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department Missouri : GENERAL: I have the honor to report the forces from your department now on duty temporarily…
Oolumbus, Ky. Oolumbus, Ky., January 2, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri: GENERAL: General Osterhaus, en route for his command, passed here last evening. [From…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Columbus, Ky., January 5, 1863. Major-General ‘ URTIS, Department of the Missouri, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: have my entire command in readiness to ship…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Near and above Memphis, January 9, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Saint Louis, Mo. : GENERAL: At 2 p. m. yesterday I pushe! off from…
HEADQUARTERS FISK’S BRIGADE, On Steamer Ruth, Helena, Ark., January 11, 1863. Maj. Gen. SAMUEL R. CURTIS, Commanding Department of the Missouri : GENERAL: I arrived at Helena this morning. Found…
SAINT JOSEPH SAINT JOSEPH, September 2, 1864. Major Bonn, Aide-de-Camp : _ Catherwood is not in my district. He is now in Saint Louis recruiting. I have only a portion…
SAINT JOSEPH, Mo. SAINT JOSEPH, Mo., September 7, 1864. Capt. FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant-General : I have the honor to report the following disposition of troops made and rapidly progressing:…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, September 8, 1864. General Fisk: Let me hear of your progress in hunting guerrillas. I am not satisfied with what is being done in that quarter.…
SAINT JOSEPH SAINT JOSEPH, September 8, 1864. Col. O. D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant-General: I understand by General Douglass that the bridges on the North Missouri Railroad are all guarded. I…