Major General Oliver O. Howard

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Major_General_Oliver_O._Howard
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:advocated_for gptkb:education_reform
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:birth_date 1830-11-08
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Leeds,_Maine
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:5
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Army_of_the_Tennessee
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:death_date 1909-10-26
gptkbp:education gptkb:Bowdoin_College
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General Oliver O. Howard
gptkbp:influenced African American education
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Abolitionism
Quaker beliefs
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
gptkbp:known_for Civil Rights advocacy
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Howard_University
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Christian_General
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Nashville
gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
gptkb:Battle_of_Franklin
gptkb:Battle_of_Chattanooga
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Howard_University
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:President_of_Howard_University
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_T._Sherman
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkbp:role gptkb:Union
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Commissioner_of_the_Freedmen's_Bureau
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1854-1894
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Howard
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Establishment_of_Freedmen's_Bureau
gptkb:XI_Army_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5