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The numbers cited in parentheses, (e.g. 1.5), refer the researcher to the

(Series#. Folder#) in which that item will be found.

Series 1: Early Life

Biographical (1. 1)

Bowdoin College, Sophomore Supper: August 30, 1848 (1. 2)

Bowdoin College Junior Supper: August 29, 1849 (1. 3)

Public Exhibition, Senior and Junior Classes: November 22, 1849 (1. 4)

Bowdoin College Senior Supper: July 30, 1850 (1. 5)

Transcripts of Civil War Letters to OOH, 1863-1864 (1. 6)

Excerpts of Minutes, Board of Trustees, Howard University, 1869-1874 (1. 7)

General Orders No. 57 – OOH Retirement from Army, 1894 (1. 8)

Series 2: O.O. Howard Correspondence

Correspondence, 1895 (2. 1)

Correspondence, January 1898 (2. 2)

Correspondence, June 1898 (2. 3)

Correspondence, August 1898 (2. 4)

Correspondence, September 1898 (2. 5)

Correspondence, October 1898 (2. 6)

Correspondence, November 1898 (2. 7)

Correspondence, December 1898 (2. 8)

Correspondence, January 1899 (2. 9)

Correspondence, February 1899 (2. 10)

Correspondence, March 1899 (2. 11)

Correspondence, Apri

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The Online Books Page

Online Books by

O. O. Howard

(Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909)

Books from the extended shelves:

Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909: Address delivered at the banquet of the 41st anniversary of Associated veterans, Mexican war, September 14th, 1888. ([n.p.], 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909: Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army. (The Baker & Taylor Company, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909: Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, Major General, United States Army. (The Baker & Taylor company, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909: Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major-general, United States army. (Baker & Tayloor, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)

Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909: Campfire and Battlefield: An Illustrated History of the Campaigns and Conflicts of the Great Civil War, also by Rossiter Johnson, Selden Connor, John Brown Gordon, Henry W. B. Howa

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Oliver Otis Howard

American army general (1830–1909)

"General Howard" redirects here. For other uses, see General Howard (disambiguation).

Oliver Otis Howard
Howard during the Civil War
Nickname(s)	The Christian General Old Prayer Book
Born	(1830-11-08)November 8, 1830 Leeds, Maine, U.S.
Died	October 26, 1909(1909-10-26) (aged 78) Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Place of burial	Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont
Allegiance	United States (Union)
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Years of service	1854–1894
Rank	Major General
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Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Uniongeneral in the Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against Confederate forces at the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862, an action which later earned him the Medal of Honor. As a corps commander, he suffered a major defeat at Chancellor