Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. He was given charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in mid-1865, with the mission of integrating the former slaves into Southern society and politics during the second phase of the Reconstruction Era.
Oliver Otis Howard
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general (1830–1909)
| Born | 8 Nov 1830 |
| Died | 26 Oct 1909 |
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Oliver Otis Howard
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general (1830–1909)
| Born | 8 Nov 1830 |
| Died | 26 Oct 1909 |
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History, United States, United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Biography, Fiction, Indians of North America, Kings and rulers, Nez Perce Indians, Nez Percé Indians, United States Christian Commission, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Wars, 1877, (Oliver Otis),, 1830-1905, Abolitionists, African Americans, Anecdotes, Antislavery movements, Campaigns, Church history, Correspondence, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Duncan McDonald, Fires, First Congregational Church (Washington, D.C.)Places
United States, Washington (D.C.), Columbia, Columbia (S.C.), Denver (Colo.), Harrogate, S.C. Columbia, South Carolina, Spain, TennesseePeople
O. O. Howard (1830-1909), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Isabella I Queen of Spain (1451-1504), Joseph Nez Percé Chief (1840-1904), William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879)Time
Civil War, 1861-1865, 1863-1877, 1866-1895, 19th century, Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516, Wars, 1877ID Numbers
- OLID: OL216032A
- ISNI: 0000000109591351
- Library of Congress Names: n80017916
- Project Gutenberg: 42873
- VIAF: 20488533
- Wikidata: Q736934
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q736934
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- Oliver O. Howard
- O. O. Howard









