Oliver Otis Howard was born on November 8, 1830 in Leeds, Maine. He was educated at Bowdoin College and then attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1857. He served as 2nd lieutenant in the army for two years and then returned to civilian life, teaching mathematics at West Point.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was made colonel of the 3rd Maine Infantry. He fought in the First Battle of Bull Run.
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