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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 2 : preparation for college; Monmouth and Yarmouth Academies (search)
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 17 : Second battle of Bull Bun (search)
Chapter 17: Second battle of Bull Bun
The next morning, June 2, 1862, my brother and I set out on leave with surgeon's certificate of disability.
To Fair Oaks Station I rode beside the driver of the ambulance, while Lieutenant Howard, Capt. A. P. Fisk, and others reclined inside.
At the station I had hardly reached the ground when General Philip Kearny rode up with his staff.
They dismounted and stood near us, while Kearny and I grasped hands.
He had lost his left arm in Mexico.
To console me he said in a gentle voice: General, I am sorry for you; but you must not mind it; the ladies will not think the less of you!
I laughed as I glanced at our two hands of the same size and replied: There is one thing that we can do, general, we can buy our gloves together
He answered, with a smile: Sure enough But we did not, for I never met him again.
He was killed at Chantilly.
That evening I was near by but did not see him.
All the passengers in our freight car, which left Fa
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 23 : campaign of Gettysburg (search)