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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 61: Court of inquiry; president of Howard University (search)
The secretary's letters suggested that I might be court-martialed were it not for the statute of limitation; so I at once waived that as far as I could. I did not wish, however, a court of inquiry of three officers selected by the secretary, who was hostile to the negro and unfriendly to me. After much delay and discussion in Congress, a special court of inquiry of seven army officers of high rank was created by law. General Grant, the President, appointed the court. It first assembled March 3, 1874, in rooms of a dwelling house, No. 1816 F Street. After two adjournments, the members of the court, seven in number, were all present, to wit: 1st. General William T. Sherman, United States Army, President of the Court. 2d. Major General Irvin McDowell, United States Army. 3d. Brigadier General M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster General. 4th. Brigadier General John Pope, United States Army. 5th. Colonel George W. Getty, Third United States Artillery. 6th. Colonel J. J. Reynolds, Thi