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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 6: in Florida, 1856-57, and the Seminoles (search)
in operations in every direction from Tampa as a center, Harney asked to be relieved, and Colonel L. L. Loomis, of the Fifth Infantry, became the commander of the department. This was a very helpful change to me. Colonel Loomis, a member of the Presbyterian Church, soon showed great interest in whatever concerned me. As often as he could he would converse with me and give me books, booklets, andd to secure some sort of peace with the few remaining Indians in Florida. One day in June Colonel Loomis sent for me and told me that he wanted me to go as a peace commissioner to the Indians in throbable that the news the woman carried helped to bring about the peace which was secured by Colonel Loomis soon after I had left his department — a peace which has lasted without interruption from thOne evening, July 15th, found me at the Methodist prayer meeting. Our department commander, Colonel Loomis, with his white hair and beard, was leading the meeting when I entered. He was reading a po