Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-27
UIVlUsUs UUVhuUl
Distinguish Son Of Maine
Dies at Burlington, Vt
A Brilliant Civil War Record
OF Gallant Achievement.
Also Distinguished as Educator,
Lecturer and Author.

BurllnStO " l., Oct. 20.-SIeNeIdl
Oliver o. Howard, last of the Union
commanders of the Civil War, died at
mis- home in this city tonight.
Heart disease was responsible for the
noted soldiers death. He was 70 years
old.
Last week General Howard was in
ontario delivering his lecture 'Abra-
ham Lincoln" His last public appear
ance was at London Ont, Sunday
night. Monday he returned to his home
in Burlington and was apparently in
his usual good health. He made no
complaint to his family of feeling TN.
well. Tonight while sitting in a chair
at his home he was attacked by heart
disease and was dead when d phys
stefan reached the house The exact
time of death was 7.20 z. NJ.
General Oliver Otis Howard was horn
No. :, 1876, at Leeds, Me- the son of
Rowland B. and Eliza H. Otis. His
earlier education was obtained in the
district schools and academies, after
which he attended BoWdoin College,
graduating in the Glass of 1859. The de-
gree of Master of Arts was conferred
on him three years later. He enteed
West Point graduating in 1854. He was
brcvetted second lieutenant of ord
nance July 1 of that year. He was ap-
pointed secon nd lieutenant Feb. IS, 1855,
July, 1, 1857.
Soon after the outbreak of the Civil
War Lieut.. Howard resigned his COM
mission in the regular army and went
to the front at the head of the 3rd
Me. Inf, serving his country with. dis
tinguished gallantry and in little
over year rising from the rank OF
colonel to major general. He received
his commission as head of the 3rd Me
June I. 1861, and on Sept. of the
same year was commissioned brigadier
general. His commission as major gen.
eral dated from Nov. 20, 1862. Gen
Howard continued to serve as major
general of volunteers for several years
after the close of the war. He was
honorably mustered out Jan. /, 1859
His commission as brigadier general
Of the regular army was issued while
he was still in the volunteer service
and before the close of the war. II
was dated Dec. q, 1864 He was brevet-
ted major general of the regular
army March Is. 1865, for gallant and
efficient services rendered at the bat
tie of Ezra Church and during the
campaign against Atlanta. He was
commissioned a major general of the
regular army March Is. 1886, and was
retired by operation of law Nov. s.
1884,
Congress on Jan. 2S. 1864. extended
a vote of thanks to Gen. Howard for
his gallantry at Gettysburg and on
March %. 1898, presented him with a
medal Of honor for distinguished
bravery at the battle of Fair Oaks
June l, 1862, where he was twice Sc
verely wounded in the right arm, ne
'e:'sitating it's amputation.
General Howard was veteran OF
The Seminole campaign in Florida. He
was instructor and assistant professor
of mathematics at West Point from
1857 to 1851. He commanded brigade
at the battle of Bull Run, July q, 1861
and participated in many of the other
great battles of the Civil War In
July, 1861, he was appointed COM
mander of the army and department OF
Tennessee.
Besides his proud army record Gen.
Howard was widely known as an edu-
Gator. He was largely instrumental in
the establishment of Howard Univer-
sity, Washington. which was named in
his honor ard was its president from
1859 to 1915 He was a trustee of the
university at the time of his death
Gen. Howard was a commissioner to
the Freedmans Bureau from 1865 tn
1874 peace commissioner to the In
lians of Arizona and New Mexico In
1872. IL, addition to bureau work. COM
manded the famous NeZ Perces CAM
7aign in 1877 and the BannOck war the
following year and in 1881 and 1882
was superintendent of the United
States Military Academy. Between
1852 and 1885 he commanded the de-
partments of the Platte. the Pacific
and the Atlantic. He founded in 1895
the Lincoln Memorial University at
Cumberland Gap. Tenn. He became a
chevaIier Of the Legion of Honor,
France in 1854.
In addition to attaining eminence as
A soldier and educator. Gen. Howard
was popular as lecturer and the au-
thor of several books which were wide
ly circulated
Gen. Howard received the degree of
LII. D. from Waterville College in
1863. The same degree was also con
ferrcd on him by Shurtleff College,
Gettysburg Theological Seminary and
Bowdoin College. He was married Feb.
IA, 1855. to Elizabeth Ann Waite.
SIX children survive. two daughters
ami four sons.