Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909) was a general in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and an administrator of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction. He later was a founder and president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., which was named in his honor.
Oliver O. Howard
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