the agents disrespect oliver otis howard and say forget oliver, we're got to keep giving it the widows because their husbands sacrifice their lives and so they become a core group. what i like to think, of course, that they become a really core group it's a how reconstruction in the years after reconstruction there is one agency, fred freedman's bureau agency for everybody but the widows pension bureau just for widows just for widows of you asked soldiers. this is the 49 estates colored infantry. it was in baltimore, the fourth saw. it's pretty popular. they have a picture, but it's also popular because they saw action in the battle of the crater, the battle of petersburg. they just it's and when i say a lot action they were in those battles which means they suffered great losses. this is a flag that some they call this organization, the colored ladies of baltimore created this flag for. the fourth i'm trying to link that to because you are that these are people who support the civil war and support the troops during the civil war specifically black so the pension bureau was designed a

the agents disrespect oliver otis howard and say forget oliver, we're got to keep giving it the widows because their husbands sacrifice their lives and so they become a core group. what i like to think, of course, that they become a really core group it's a how reconstruction in the years after reconstruction there is one agency, fred freedman's bureau agency for everybody but the widows pension bureau just for widows just for widows of you asked soldiers. this is the 49 estates colored infantry. it was in baltimore, the fourth saw. it's pretty popular. they have a picture, but it's also popular because they saw action in the battle of the crater, the battle of petersburg. they just it's and when i say a lot action they were in those battles which means they suffered great losses. this is a flag that some they call this organization, the colored ladies of baltimore created this flag for. the fourth i'm trying to link that to because you are that these are people who support the civil war and support the troops during the civil war specifically black so the pension bureau was designed a

meanwhile, with reynolds dead command of the field passed to oliver, otis, howard. and when howard arrived on the battlefield, he was struck by the defensive, natural defensive strength of cemetery hill. according to lieutenant colonel theodore isenberg of his staff. he said howard said this seems to be a good position. colonel. and isenberg responded, it is the only position, general. now, neither man could have known it, but when howard, at that moment places von stein, where is division on cemetery hill as a reserve and a rallying point he makes the key decision of the battle because of the way the pipe creek circular would have profound effects. he makes the key decision because of the way the pipe creek circular would have profound effects on the way the battle was fought. so what's going to happen on july 1st is that meade is going to even before he gets a report from hancock, he's going to order the the the sixth corps out of manchester. so need makes a decision to fight at gettysburg meade makes that decision. howard meanwhile is desperately calling for reinf

oliver otis how are you all may know him. the namesake for howard university. a former general.e's probably the best leader. the delete created to help formally. interesting part of it poor whitent southerners it's great back into society. what happened before is not going to work out. the bureau is created it. it is ran from d.c. again. on the ground which is how -- on the ground there is local. this estate office in the local toffice. some places with him bit in baltimore. in virginia some were inth richmond. rural portions of town. it is a really -- that supposed to work you all. they are supposed to help you. through that agency black women get to it. they know what is going on bro told you all theyy struggle and labor. one historian says they besieged. they weren't office every day with the bureau complaining about several things. this is an important image. a long time ago the newspaper harper's weekly. you all do not care but there used to be a vital way to get information. not twitter and not instagram. it was one of these newspapers that came out legally. they would inc