Tag Archives: O.O. Howard

“It was a Warm Place Indeed”: O.O. Howard’s First Impressions of Bull Run

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Ryan Quint

Three days after the Federal defeat at Bull Run, Col. Oliver Otis Howard sat down to write a letter to his wife Lizzie. The Maine native, like so many others, had just seen the first substantial combat of his life, … Continue reading →

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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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Nobody Can Truly Understand The Battle of Gettysburg Without a Solid Understanding of the Battle of Chancellorsville

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Eric J. Wittenberg

Conclusion In the first part of this two-part series that demonstrates how nobody can truly understand the Battle of Gettysburg without having a solid understanding of the Battle of Chancellorsville, we addressed the implications of Chancellorsville for the Army of … Continue reading →

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Howard on the Hill

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

For all the flak he gets, Oliver Otis Howard still cuts a striking figure on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg.

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