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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 5: graduation from the United States Military Academy, 1854; brevet Second Lieutenant in Ordnance Department, 1855-56 (search)
er his supervision and went through a part of the course. He had a comfortable room with us and immensely enjoyed our home life. He was particularly devoted to our little boy, and as the latter grew they had lively times together. Everything went on smoothly until the latter part of December, 1856, when I was surprised, as I would have been by a clap of thunder from a clear sky, by an order from Washington instructing me to proceed at once to the Department of Florida and report to General W. S. Harney, who was commanding that department-war existed and I was to be Chief of Ordnance in the field. It was another promotion, but it cost my family and myself a complete breaking up, for I could not take them with me. It would not be safe for me to do so in any event. I made no ado; did not ask for delay, but hastened every preparation. After the storing of such things as could be retained and the selling of much of our goods at a loss and parting with the carriage and horses, I was re
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)
rt Brooke and found several officers of General W. S. Harney's command out in the offing of Tampa Baevening in the highlands of the Hudson. General Harney, the department commander, was then at Forur attention was called to the point where General Harney had been surprised by the Indians and obliromptly visited my commander, General Harney. Harney was very cordial and evidently glad to see me.ven when he was pleased. At this time of life Harney's memory was not very good. IHe did not appeaNotwithstanding this weakness, everybody said, Harney has always been a good soldier. Captain Ple speech, though always serious, Pleasonton, as Harney's adjutant general, usually managed to improveo return to Tampa. In the small boat were General Harney, Captain Pleasonton, Dr. McLaren, the surgace, sprang behind the mast and defied him. As Harney seized a boat hook to chastise him, Dr. McLaredoctor's opinion later proved to be true. Then Harney instantly desisted, smiled, and said, I suppos[2 more...]