The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-27
FLOAT
AT HALF-MAST
In Honor Of Major General
@. O. Howard
WHO DIED IN BURLINGTON
Funeral win Probably Be Held From
First Congregational Church in
Burlington on Friday.
His Career.


ments for the funeral Of Major General
Oliver Otis Howard, who died sudden.
ly last night Of angina pectoris, will not
be completed until the arrival Of his
son from the West tonight, but 1t isI
probable that the services will be held
Friday at the First Congregational
church, With burial in Lake View ceme.
tere here. Flags in this city are at
half mast today, in honor Of the hast
surviving commander Of any army in
the Civil war. The community feels
a distinct losa IN bis death.
General Howard was born at Leads,
Me- November s, 1880, Of Puritan an.
cestry. His father Rowland Bailey,
was farmer; attended Monmouth and
Yarmouth, Mel academies, and grad
uated at Bowdoin College, Me, 1850
He entered West Point as cadet. 1850;
graduated 1864. fourth in general stand
ing; promoted second lieutenant ord.
nance department; stationed first at
Watervliet arsenal, New York, in 1865,
for about year, in command Of Kennc-
bee arsenal Maine, returning to Water.
vliet early in 1868; sent thence 10 Flor.
da, reporting to General Harney for
duty as his chief Of ordnance ii theh
field against the Seminole Indians; in
the fall Of 1857 ordered to West Point,
became Instructor 81 cadets IN mathema.
tics; remained there the four years pre-.
ceeding the War Of Rebellion: resigned
in May, 1861, and took eolonelcy by
election Of the 81 Maine volunteers. He
served all through the Cicil War and
then in the Indian war, being retired In
1894.
AT the battle Of Fair Oaks. where he |
leit his right arm, Ne was twice wound /
ed and Was obliged to take sick leave
for three months But he was not idle
during that time. He did service as
recruiting officer until September.
when he returned to the front IN time
70 participate in the campaign that I
closed with the battle Of Antietam
After that he took command Of Sedg-
wiek's division in the second corps.
In November. 1862, he was made
major general Of volunteers and was in /
the operations Of Gen. Joseph Hooker
near fredericksburg in April and May,
1863.
He served at Gettysburg with such /
signal gallantry that Congress passed 4 |
special resolution commenting him and I
bis command. he also took part in the I
operations at Lookout Valley and Mis- 1
sionary Ridge and WAS on the expedi- I
tion for the relief Of Knoxville in +
December, 1868 From this time until .
July, 1864, he was at Chattanooga. Then 4
he was assigned to the army of Ten. 4
nessee III the invasion OF Georgia and /
was engaged at Dalton, Resaca, Adairs- /
vile and Picket's Mil, where he was
again wounded.
He was present at the surrender Of +
Atlanta and took part in the chase Of
the Confederates under Hood in Alaba-
ma from Oct. till Dec l3. 1864. Dur
ing the famous march to the sea he
commanded the right wing Of Sher-
mans army.
lie was made brigadier general Of /
the United States army Dec 2l, 1854
and was in command Of the army OF
Tennessee from Jan. 4 to April 26, 1868.
He occupied Goidsboro, N. G., March "a,
1868, and took part in the series Of skir
mishes that ended with the surrender
of Gen. Joseph L. Johnstone, at Dur
ham, N. C April 26, 1865, the last great
incident of the four years Of civil strife,
In March, 1885, he was breveted major
general because Of his bravery at the
battle of Ezra Church and during the
campaign against Atlanta.
Cen. Howard was the author of the
following books: Donald's School Days;
the Nez perces in Peace and in War;
Agenor de Casparin, a Biographical
Sketch, partly translation; Gen Tay
lor," in the Great Commander series;
Isabella Of CASTLE, 4 biography; Fight
ing for Humanity; a series of mono
graphs published extensively in the Ma
tional Tribune, Washington, D. C.,Il
Military articles In the United States
Military Service journal, Governors Is
land; and numerous articles, a part Of
them Of military character but the
most on subjects al current interest,
published in monthlies and dailies, ap-
pearing at all times from 1885 to the
present day, Gen Howard prepared lee
lures upon the lives of Lincoln, Grant,
Sherman, Thomas and Sloeum also upon
war subjects and others Of public in
terest, and delivered them With accep-
tance before large audiences.
For the past year General Howard has
devoted his energies towards securing
an endowment fund for the Lincoln Ne
mortal University at Cumberland Gap,
Tenn He. was president Of an endow-
ment association formed for that pur-
poses, with an Office in New York, and
made many addresses throughout the
country with this object in view.
General Howard Married Elizabeth Ann
Waite Of Portland, Me- February l4,
1855, and they celebrated their golden
wedding in New York city February IA,
1905 Their children were Guy. who was
killed in battle in the Philippines Oc.
tober p, 1899. while lieutenant-col
one in the United States army; Grace
wife Of Captain james 7 Gray Of Port
land, Oregon; James w, of Newark,
n. J., lieutenant. colonel in one New
Jersey National Guard Chancey 0, Of
Washington, D. C.; John, captain IN
the 10th United States infantry now