Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for Oliver Otis HOWARD

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Oliver Otis Howard
Union

Date of birth: November 30. 1830
Birthplace: Leeds, Maine
U.S. Military Academy: Class of 1854 (4/46) Ordnance
Pre-war experience: Bowdoin College. assistant professor at West Point, ordnance duty.
Rank: Colonel - 3rd Maine, Brig. ceneraI, Major General
Major Battles and Campaigns:- First Manassas (Brigade,
Heintzelman's Division); Peninsular Campaign
wounded twice at Seven Pines, Second Manassas, Anti
etam (Brigade, IICorps); Fredericksburg (Division, II
Corps); Chancellorsville, Gettysburg. Chattanooga (XI
Corps); Atlanta Campaign - wounded at Pickett's Mill
IV Corps); Fall of Atlanta, "March to the Sea", Caro
linas Campaign. Bentonville (commanded the Army of
the Tennessee from July 1864)
Post-war achievements: first commissioner of the "Freed
men's Bureau", bank director, served in indian country
helped found Howard University. superintendent of West
Point various departmental commands, aided to establish
Lincoln Memorial University. author, speaker
Date of death: October 26, I909
Place of burial: Lake View Cemetery. Burlington,
Vermont

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