Oliver Otis Howard
American
United States Army officer - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Army | 1854 | 1865 | |
| Howard University | 1869 | 1874 |
United States Army officer - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Army | 1854 | 1865 | |
| Howard University | 1869 | 1874 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1830/11/08 | Eliza Otis Howard, wife of Rowland Bailey Howard, gives birth to a son, Oliver Otis Howard, at Leeds, Maine. | Born | Leeds | Maine | |||
| 1840/00/00 | Oliver Howard attends Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, Maine. | Education | Monmouth Academy | Monmouth | |||
| 1842/00/00 | Master Oliver Howard is schooled at North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine. | Education | North Yarmouth Academy | Yarmouth, ME | |||
| 1845/00/00 | Oliver O Howard attends Kents Hill School in Readfield, Maine. | Education | Kent's Hill School Historic District | Readfield | |||
| 1846/00/00 | Oliver Otis Howard matriculates at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. | Education | Massachusetts Hall, Bowdoin College | Brunswick | |||
| 1850/00/00 | Oliver Otis Howard graduates from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. | Education | Massachusetts Hall, Bowdoin College | Brunswick | |||
| 1854/00/00 | Immediately after graduating from Bowdoin, Oliver Otis Howard enters the US Military Academy at West Point where he will graduate fourth in his class in 1854. | Graduate | US Military Academy, West Point | West Point, NY | |||
| 1861/07/21 | Colonel Oliver Otis Howard of the 3rd Maine, leads a brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run. | Union Commander | Manassas National Battlefield Park | Manassas | First Battle of Bull Run | ||
| 1861/09/03 | Colonel Oliver Otis Howard is promoted to brigadier general, effective 3 September 1861, and given permanent command of his brigade. | Union Commander | |||||
| 1862/06/01 | Two bullets rip into the right arm of Brigadier general Oliver O Howard is wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks. Surgeons amputate the arm. | Union Commander | Seven Pines National Cemetery | Sandston | |||
| 1862/06/02 | "I am on my way with only my left arm." - Letter from Oliver Howard to his wife Elizabeth Ann Wait Howard. | Union Commander | |||||
| 1862/09/17 | Oliver O Howard commands a division of the 2nd Corps at the battle of Antietam. | Union Commander | Antietam National Battlefield | Sharpsburg, MD | Battle of Antietam | ||
| 1862/12/13 | Oliver O Howard leads an attack on a strong Confederate position in the battle of Fredericksburg. | Union Commander | Fredericksburg Battlefield | Fredericksburg, VA | Battle of Fredericksburg | ||
| 1863/05/02 | Neglecting to properly fortify his position at Chancellorsville, Oliver Howard's 11th Corps, largely German soldiers, is caught by surprise, routed but are recover in time to prevent a worst catastrophe. | Union Commander | Wilderness Battlefield | Virginia | Battle of Chancellorsville | ||
| 1863/07/01 | Oliver O Howard establishes a strong defensive position on the high ground south of town that will become the main Union line for the remaining two days at Gettysburg. | Union Commander | Gettysburg National Military Park | Gettysburg, PA | Battle of Gettysburg | ||
| 1863/09/27 | Before leaving for Tennessee, Oliver O Howard meets with President Lincoln who gives Howard a map of the mountain area of East Tennessee. "They are loyal, there, General, they are loyal." AL | Union Commander | |||||
| 1863/11/24 | Oliver O Howard leads the 11th Corps in the Battle of Chattanooga, November 24-25. | Union Commander | Chattanooga Campaign | ||||
| 1864/07/28 | Maj Gen William T Sherman appoints Oliver O Howard commander of the Army of the Tennessee. | Union Commander | |||||
| 1865/05/15 | Oliver O Howard is appointed head of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Known as the Freedman's Bureau, the department's mission is to aid the four million newly freed slaves. | Work | |||||
| 1869/00/00 | Built between 1867 and 1869 for Oliver Howard. | Home | Gen Oliver Otis Howard House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1869/00/00 | Howard University is established by a members of the First Congregational Society of Washington to train African American ministers. O O Howard selects the campus within the boundaries and uses Bureau money to help pay for the land. | Vocation | Howard University Yard | Washington, DC | |||
| 1871/00/00 | By 1871, the Freedman's Bureau spends more than $5,000,000 on education. Supporting African-American education on all levels, including elementary and vocational training and teacher training on the secondary level. | Work | |||||
| 1888/00/00 | Oliver Otis Howard takes command of the Department of the East, Military Division of the Atlantic, at Governors Island. | Home | Admiral's House | New York City | |||
| 1894/11/08 | After forty-four years of continuous military service, Oliver Otis Howard retires from the United States Army at age 64. | Life | |||||
| 1896/06/18 | At the Harrow Academy, Oliver Howard gives a lecture on US Grant and the battle of Chattanooga, sharing the proceeds of the lecture with the school. Marker on N Cumberland Dr at Pennlyn Ave. | Speaker | Cumberland Gap Historic District | Town of Cumberland Gap | |||
| 1896/06/18 | On the verandah at the Harrow Academy, Rev A A Myers ask Oliver Howard for help in establishing a college in the Cumberland Gap area. "Friends, if you will make this school a larger enterprise I will take hold and do what I can." OOH | Vocation | Grant-Lee Hall | Harrogate | |||
| 1898/05/25 | Oliver Ottis Howard agrees to be the managing director of Lincoln Memorial University. Howard will use his contacts in industry and politics outside Appalachia to raise several thousands of dollars. | Vocation | Grant-Lee Hall | Harrogate |
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