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“I Confess That My Life at West Point Was Wretched”: O.O. Howard’s Plebe Year

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Ryan Quint

Had his cousin William been in better physical shape, O.O. Howard probably would have never gone to West Point. Otis, as his family called him throughout his life, was in his senior year at Bowdoin College in Maine when his … Continue reading →

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