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Oliver Otis Howard

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.

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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