Q:Facts: - death place: new york city , new york - birth name: clinton bowen fisk - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: american civil war - death date: 9 july 1890 - allegiance: united states of america union - commands: district of southeast missouri department of north missouri - placeofburial: coldwater , michigan - birth date: 8 december 1828 - serviceyears: 1862 & ndash ; 1865 - name: clinton b. fisk - branch: united states army union army - laterwork: established fisk university - image: cbfisk.jpg - birth place: york , new york - rank: 35px brigadier general 35px brevet major general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of clinton b. fisk .
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clinton bowen fisk -lrb- december 8 , 1828 -- july 9 , 1890 -rrb- , for whom fisk university is named , was a senior officer during reconstruction in the bureau of refugees , freedmen and abandoned lands .he endowed fisk university with $ 30,000 .in addition , he helped establish the first free public schools in the south for white and african-american children .