Oliver Otis Howard

     After the war, Oliver Otis Howard was appointed head of the Freedman's Bureau.  This meant that he had to find jobs for the freed slaves.  In doing this he did not make many friends of the southerners and some northerners because of his strong belief that slaves should be free, have the right to vote, and even own land.  Oliver Otis Howard was not afraid to express his feelings on the rights and freedoms that African Americans should hold.  He even went so far as to integrate his own church and to help found an all-black college in Washington D.C.  The university was later named Howard University in his honor.
     Further on in his career, he established peace between the Native Americans and the settlers in the West.  He secured peace by promising to establish reservations for the Native Americans.  At the end of his military career he served as superintendent at West Point, his alma mater.

      Injuries by Alyssa and Charlotte

    Oliver Otis Howard was an extremely unlucky man! He suffered many critical injuries, but was fortunately not killed. One day, Howard was standing on the part that holds up the cannon when it slipped out from under him. He fell to the ground! When he got up, his saber fell and crushed his big toe. That was his first war-related injury. During the war, he commanded troops at First Bull Run where he was shot in the right arm and his elbow was shattered. Unfortunately, his arm had to be amputated. Howard died in 1909.