LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL JOURNAL The Publication of The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States VOL. 63, No. 4 WINTER 2006 Chancelorsville. He was promoted to the Captain Lee Nutting, Medal rank of General of the Army and served of Honor Hero as MOLLUS president until his death. By William N. McDonald Olive Nutting, one of Captain Captain Lee Nutting (1837-1908) Nutting’s two daughters, married my was one of fi ve men from the 61st New grandfather, Romeyn Berry at Crescent York Infantry to receive the Medal of Beach on Septmber 21, 1908 at Nova Honor in the Civil War, which he earned Scotia, Canada. The wedding took for bravery at Todd’s Tavern on May place a little more than two months 8, 1864 in Spotsylvania, Virginia. He after Captain Nutting’s death on July 9. was in charge of the color guard when He spent his fi nal years with his oldest he faced Confederate attacks from daughter Grace Nutting, a resident of north and west before leading a counter Captain Lee Nutting (1837-1908) Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, and was buried charge. He was wounded and discharged at Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater. I corresponded with regiment President two weeks later. A breast pocket Bible I decided to research my great Terry Middleton of Pisquamsis, New with the bullet hole that saved him from grandfather a year ago. I knew little Brunswick, and learned that his group a fatal wound is said to be in family about him other than seeing a small wanted to conduct graveside ceremonies possession, although I have never seen it. red, white and blue rosette behind a for Civil War veterans in Nova Scotia, Captain Nutting and Lieutenant glass enclosed frame, which hung in my sometime during the summer of 2006. Charles Fuller were the two men who parent’s hallway while growing up. I We agreed on a June 10th date for Captain delivered dedication speeches for the was told it was his lapel Nutting. My cousin Sally Sanford, a regiment’s Wheatfield Monument at rosette. Last year I joined MOLLUS as a professional singer, and I made the trip. Gettysburg on July 1, 1889. Nutting way remember him better. On receiving Sally sang Amazing Grace at the end of was host for many regimental reunions my rosette, I saw it was just like the a moving 45-minute ceremony, attended at his home in Brooklyn, New York. He one in the glass case, undoubtedly his by about fi fty people including twenty joined MOLLUS and remained friends MOLLUS rosette. I learned later that members of the 20th Maine re-enactors with Nelson Miles, former 61st New his Medal of Honor rosette was blue. who shot a 10-gun salute. They planted York commander. Miles was a Medal of An Internet search revealed that a a Grand Army of the Republic marker Honor winner recipient for his bravery at group of Canadian re-enactors called the at his grave, signifying that he was Maritime Civil War Living History fi nally relieved of duty. Members of Association, representing the 20th the local Canadian Royal Legion Post Maine Regiment, was looking for provided a color guard and placed their graves of Civil War veterans buried own marker on Captain Nutting’s grave. in Canada. Captain Nutting is one of It was a great experience to make this three Medal of Honor winners buried long weekend trip to honor a hitherto in Nova Scotia. The Medal of Honor forgotten hero and relative. He has been Society found his grave and installed well remembered by others, including a plaque in a 1990 ceremony, but MOLLUS, for which the family is grateful. l. to r. William N. McDonald and Sally Sanford at Captain no family member was present. Nutting’s grave THE LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL JOURNAL is published by the MEMORIAL FUND of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, which was founded April 15, 1865. Pertinent materials will be welcomed from Companions and others. Information should be submitted to the Editor, Marston Watson, 48 Southwind Circle, Richmond, CA 94804-7404. Information should be typed and photographs may be black and white or in color. Contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund through the National Headquarters. Page 2 Loyal Legion Historical Journal Commander-in-Chief’s Message Two recent events have highlighted for me that remains relevant not just to our Order but to the citizens of our great nation. The fi rst event was small. During our Annual Congress on October 21, I was walking out of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum after the Lincoln Symposium and was talking with Michael Clyburn. Dr. Clyburn is the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lincoln Memorial University, and I asked him how much the University actually taught about Lincoln. Dr. Clyburn explained that there are several required courses about President Lincoln and the Civil War, but in addition that many facets of their program are taught through the examples of Abraham Lincoln. Obviously for the students and faculty at LMU, Abraham Lincoln is an everyday presence in their lives. This “event”, my conversation with Dr. Clyburn, was small, but the impact of the LMU educational philosophy on their students will have a long-term impact. Commander-in-chief Benjamin C. Frick The second event was much larger. I went to Gettysburg on Abraham Lincoln and what he accomplished as our 16th President. November 18th for the annual Remembrance Day commemoration We, as descendants of men who formed an organization to of President Lincoln’s address at the cemetery dedication in 1863. honor President Lincoln, should be encouraged that efforts Members of the Loyal Legion and the Sons of Union Veterans of many citizens continue to instill his wisdom and his belief gathered for a wreath laying during the morning, while similar in our united nation through both private and public events. events were being performed at many monuments across the These two events are my introduction to the issue of membership. Gettysburg battlefi eld. All of these events were designed to take a The total membership of our Order has been steady in recent years. quiet moment to remember the events of those July days 143 years In a time of declining membership for many hereditary and other ago, and to refl ect on President Lincoln’s address four months volunteer organizations, we can take pride in this. However, we after the battle. There was a parade in the afternoon down the main cannot rest on our past endeavors, but must continue to attract new street of Gettysburg, with thousands of men and women portraying and active members so that we may accomplish our objectives. everyone from the recognizable generals to the ordinary soldier who Wear your rosette with pride, and tell people about the Loyal Legion. ultimately performed the most extraordinary feats during the Civil This is one of the easiest ways to fi nd potential members, to honor War. In addition to those on parade, there were thousands more lining our ancestors, and to continue the accomplishments of our Order. the street, with those in period uniforms and civilian dress as well as modern day spectators. The dedication of those who spend countless Benjamin C. Frick hours portraying life in the 1860s as well as the excitement of all those Commander-in-Chief viewing this two-hour parade, highlighted the continuing interest in

Upcoming National MOLLUS Website The program, hotel and registration information regarding MOLLUS Events the Annual Lincoln Birthday Program and Mid-Winter Meeting in Washington DC on February 10-12. 2007 and the February 10-12, 2007 fi fty-fi rst Annual Lincoln Tomb Ceremony in Springfi eld, Annual Lincoln Birthday Illinois on April 14, 2007 are posted on the MOLLUS website Program and at http://suvcw.org/mollus.htm Mid-Winter Meeting in Washington DC

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LOYAL LEGION HISTORICAL Welcome New Companions JOURNAL The following Companions have joined the Military Order of The Publication of the Military Order the Loyal Legion since July 2006. The Commander-in-Chief of the Loyal Legion of the United States extends congratulations and a warm welcome to each one. VOL. 63, No.4 WINTER 2006 Jeffry C. Burden, Chancellor-in-Chief 1 Captain Lee Nutting, Medal of Honor Hero Companions Insignia No. Commandery Hereditary Companions 2 Commander-in-Chief’s Message Keith Joseph Zandy 22449 Michigan Craig Hamilton Weaver 22450 New York Donald Wilson Read 22451 Kansas 3 Welcome New Companions Brian Louis Ward 22452 Virginia Donald LeRoy Carpenter 22453 R.I. 4 Numbered with the Slain James Oakley Carson, III 22454 Virginia Kenneth James Daniels 22455 Virginia 4 Fifty-fi rst Annual Lincoln Tomb Ceremony Associate Companions John Arthur Nelson, Jr. A211 Ohio 5 The 121st MOLLUS Congress The Rev. Dr. Dixon A. Barr A212 Kentucky Jeffrey Albanese A213 New York Brian Ross Owens A214 6 Remembrance Day Celebration Pennsylvania John Shepherd Moscoe A215 Virginia 6 Of War and Remembrance Hereditary Membership Program 7 Major General Oliver Otis Our Hereditary Membership Program is in effect each Howard, USA fi scal year, October 1 through September 30. Here are the rules that apply to this program. Recruit a minimum of three 10 A Salute to New Dames (3) new Hereditary Companions and you will be rewarded with a Lincoln MOLLUS Certifi cate of Appreciation for 11 Announcement Lincoln Birthday meritorious service and a Lincoln Membership Medal of Activities Honor presented by our current Commander-in-Chief. These two prestigious awards will be presented to you at our 12 Merchandise Order Form annual National Congress, the Lincoln Memorial Ceremony in Washington, D.C. or at the Lincoln Tomb Ceremony in Springfi eld, Illinois. If you are unable to attend one of these three major functions, arrangements may be made to mail the certifi cate and medal to your home. This program is Publisher the lifeblood of our historic Military Order and will ensure Benjamin C. Frick our noble existence for countless generations to come. Commander-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Marston Watson Remembering “MOLLUS” In Your Will After you provide for your family and other matters, would you consider Assistant Editor including a memorial gift in your will to our hallowed Order? Your gift to Kathleen Todd Watson the Loyal Legion Memorial Fund, which is tax deductible, would be used Layout and Production to support the preservation of battlefi elds, monuments and programs that serve to memorialize the Civil War. In this way you would be perpetuating Printed by Cerrito Printing the memory of your Civil War ancestors and fellow companions. El Cerrito, California Page 4 Loyal Legion Historical Journal Numbered with the Slain a Lynchburg hospital on April 8, 1865. dealing with the soldiers. If knowing by Clifton W. Potter, Jr., Ph.D., Virginia Senior Vice- Over fi fty Union soldiers were listed as the names of these soldiers can bring Commander unknown, but are slowly being identifi ed. peace to a descendant of a hero, then When my wife Dorothy and I The Union soldiers buried in the every moment of my research is worth it. began working on our third history Old City Cemetery were moved in of Lynchburg, Virginia in 2003, we October, 1866 to Poplar Grove National Fifty-first Annual Lincoln divided the chapters according to our Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia. particular interests. I decided to write Tomb Ceremony However, not all of the fallen By Keith G. Harrison, Vice Commander-in-Chief the sections dealing with the Civil War Union soldiers were moved. The 51st Annual Lincoln Tomb and Reconstruction. It was particularly Gen. David Hunter of the Union Ceremony, sponsored by the Sons interesting to note that a prisoner of Army attempted to take Lynchburg in of Union Veterans of the Civil War war camp existed on the outskirts of June, 1864, but met with stiff resistance (SUVCW) and the Military Order of the city. However, there were varying from Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early. the Loyal Legion of the United States views on how long it existed and how The Union soldiers who died on June (MOLLUS), will be held on Saturday, many men died there or in the hospitals 17th and 18th were often buried where April 14, 2007 at the Lincoln Tomb in Oak that dotted Lynchburg. Lynchburg they fell, and they are still resting in Ridge Cemetery, Springfi eld, Illinois. The became a focal point for the treatment Lynchburg in unmarked graves. One ceremony will be held at 10:00 AM CDT of the wounded from both sides, because by one, they are being identifi ed. In the followed by a luncheon at 12:00 noon. it was one of the most important rail case of several men of the 91st Ohio The headquarters hotel for the annual centers in the upper part of the South. Volunteer Infantry, their actual burial Lincoln Tomb Ceremony will be the After our second history appeared in location has been found. Their remains State House Inn at 101 East Adams 1985, a very valuable resource was made will be appropriately marked in 2007 by Street. The room rate is $86.99 (single or available to researchers in 2003. W.D. the Taylor-Wilson Camp #10 SUVCW. double) for those attending the ceremony, Diuguid, the second oldest mortuary in Most importantly, local Civil War including a full breakfast buffet in this the United States was founded in 1817, heritage groups have offered their special room rate. Call (217) 528-5100 and its meticulous records date from support since 2003, for a memorial to make your reservation and ask for a 1820. The fi rm was reluctant to allow listing the names and units of all of the room with the above rate under Sons of anyone to handle these fragile ledgers Union soldiers who died in Lynchburg. Union Veterans. Reservations should from the nineteenth century until these The original number has grown to be made by March 7, 2007, after which registers were microfi lmed. Diuguid almost three hundred, with still many the remaining blocked rooms will be buried Union and Confederate soldiers more to be researched. I am seeking released and the room rate will revert who died in Lynchburg from 1861 until the endorsement of the Lynchburg City to the regular price of $103.99. Ground 1865. Their names, ranks, and regiments Council for this project, which will level parking at the hotel is free, with were carefully recorded as well as the provide opportunities to raise funds. adequate parking near the lobby across exact location of their graves. These Why have I devoted three years to First Street to the west of the hotel. records were used to give my treatment these men who died in the city where I The luncheon following the Lincoln of the decade from 1860 to 1870 a have spent most of my life? If my birth Ceremony will be held in The Inn at 835 depth and accuracy not before possible. had been in 1840 and instead of 1940, at 12:00 noon. The Inn is located at 835 A publication on Lynchburg, a City my uniform would have been blue and South Second Street, which is about four Set on Seven Hills appeared in March not gray. These soldiers have become blocks south of Adams Street. The State 2004, but this was only the beginning. “my boys.” What an opportunity it House Inn is located at East Adams and Almost two hundred Union soldiers would be to sit around the campfire First Street. Second Street is about one- from over a hundred and fi fty units were waiting for the coffee to boil and half blocks east of the State House Inn. buried in the Old City Cemetery between talking of home with these brave men, The cost of the luncheon will be $23.00 1861 and 1865, which had opened in who sacrifi ced their lives to save the a person. A reservation form is included 1806. A list of their names and units Union. Many of them, whose names in this journal. Organizations intending was made available. Research of these have been revealed, are the same age to place a wreath at the ceremony need military records revealed a number of as the young men in my classroom. to complete that portion of this form. misspelled names, which have since There is a sense of obligation to them A second ceremony sponsored by the been corrected. Some soldiers were and to their families to bring closure SUVCW commemorating the formation listed as deserters, but proved to have to their stories. The Civil War sites in of the Grand Army of the Republic been captured and died as prisoners. the United States receive thousands continued on page 10, column 3 The last Union prisoner of war died in of inquiries each year, with questions Loyal Legion Historical Journal Page 5 The 121st MOLLUS campus of LMU. Dr. Moody gave would like to offer, along with the Congress the opening address in the Arnold Ohio Commandery, the invitation to By Gordon R. Bury, Past Commander-in-Chief Auditorium, followed by a presentation Commander-in-Chief Frick to return The 121st Congress was held at by Companion, The Honorable Frank to LMU in 2012 for another Congress. Harrogate, in conjunction with J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Rhode The DOLLUS members held their the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Island Supreme Court, Chair of the meeting in the Board Room of the Lincoln Symposium. The program Lincoln Forum and Program Moderator. Museum, surrounded by many books and entitled Now He Belongs to the Ages was He gave an update on the Abraham artifacts from the Ohio Commandery. a tremendous success. The University Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, The Congress and Symposium came provided MOLLUS with meeting rooms, of which he is an active member. to a close on Saturday evening with a social events, banquet and sightseeing. It was especially meaningful for the reception given by Dr. Moody and her They expanded the weekend activities Ohio Commandery members to see a husband Tom at their home on the LMU to include six nationally renowned bigger-than-life oil painting of Lincoln campus. Everyone present had a good speakers who presented their works on during the Lincoln Douglas Debates in time at this event. The Saturday night our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Springfi eld, Ohio. This portrait from banquet included another wonderful Arriving Companions, Dames and the Ohio Commander hangs on the meal which was prepared by the catering guests were greeted at the Holiday wall behind the podium on the stage of staff of LMU. The three annual award Inn on Friday afternoon by Rick and the auditorium. Companion Williams cups were presented by Commander-in- Lynn Bury, who provided snacks and introduced Dr. Charles Hubbard, Chief Frick presented the annual award libations for weary travelers, as well as outgoing and longtime Director of the cups to three 2006 winners, for their packets containing information on the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. success in recruiting new members. weekend schedules. As Commander- He is a renowned Lincoln historian, The Virginia Commandery with seven in-Chief Benjamin C. Frick and Honorary Companion and member of new members received the Daugherty- National DOLLUS President Rosemary the Ohio Commandery. Dr. Hubbard Thompson Cup. The Rhode Island Schaeffer settled into their rooms at the gave a short address and announced Commandery with three new members hotel, they found two lovely baskets of his replacement, Thomas Mackie. received the Grant Cup, which was fruits, wine, and other assorted treats. Four tremendous Lincoln scholars and accepted by Chief Justice Williams on Dr. Nancy Moody and her Staff at presenters, all of whom are historians their behalf. He invited MOLLUS to hold LMU provided one of the baskets, and authors, captured the audience’s their annual congress in Rhode Island in and the second one was a gift from attention with insights into Lincoln and 2013. The Hayes Cup was presented the Congress host, Ohio Commandery. his life. Dr. Elizabeth Leonard talked on to Companion Murray Douglas The addition of a Friday evening It is Sad News: Abraham Lincoln’s Death Beckford (#22402) of Wisconsin reception at the LMU Student Center, and its Meaning for Reconstruction. Dr. for recruiting two family members. combined with a banquet at Lincoln Paul Bergeron presented Lincoln’s The newly appointed director of the Memorial University, offered a great Lieutenants: . Dr. Abraham Lincoln Memorial Library and time for all to meet the Symposium John David Smith’s talk on Keeping Museum at LMU, Thomas Mackie, gave speakers. These events provided Your Promises? African Americans, a very informative history of the ties companions, dames and guests with the Contingency and Lincoln’s America was between LMU and the Loyal Legion since opportunity to renew old. The keynote captivating. Dr. Jason Phillips spoke 1897. The College was founded that year address given by Dr. Barry Schwartz after lunch on Father Abraham’s Other by Companion General O. O. Howard topped Friday night’s banquet. He Children: Unconquered Rebels and the and the Reverend A. A. Myers as a demonstrated the positive impact that Legacy of Abraham Lincoln, 1860-1910. “living memorial” to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln had among Southerners, from Members of the Loyal Legion held The Ohio Commandery held another the end of the Civil War through World their annual meeting in the Tex Turner open house at the Holiday Inn where War II. Friday’s activities concluded Room of the Tex Turner Center, after Companions and DOLLUS members with an open house at the Holiday Inn our combined lunch. Commander-in- talked about the great weekend. They in the suite of the Ohio Commandery. Chief Benjamin Frick presided. LMU reminisced about the interesting Saturday morning dawned foggy President Moody, a DOLLUS member, presentations on Lincoln, the fantastic and cool, but cleared into a beautiful offered her personal greetings and that of views of the Cumberland Gap, the great fall day. Companions and Dames had the University to Commander-in-Chief meals and the outstanding hospitality breakfast at the hotel before departing Frick and all the Companions present. of the LMU staff. Old memories were for the Symposium at the Abraham She went on to say that everything revisited, the Loyal Legion March was Lincoln Library and Museum on the was going so well that the University continued on page 6, column 2 Page 6 Loyal Legion Historical Journal Remembrance Day Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) Of War and Remembrance Celebration participated in this moving event. By John C. Rumm, Executive Director By Keith G. Harrison, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was The Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief read during this memorial service. This Philadelphia The 2006 Annual Remembrance event was followed by a parade of over When the Civil War is remembered, Day was held on November 18 at the 2,000 participants, including the Sons of more often than not it is remembered as a Gettysburg battlefi eld, in honor of the Veteran Reserve, the SUVCW military war of facts and fi gures: how much each 143rd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s component and Civil War re-enactor side possessed in the way of materiel Gettysburg Address on November units. The day ended with a military and human resources, how strategies 19, 1863. This commemoration of ball sponsored by the SUVCW’s Sons were devised and tactics were drawn up, Remembrance Day goes back to 1956 of Veteran Reserve. Profi ts from the how troops were deployed, how battles when the Sons of Union Veterans of the ball were donated to the National Park were fought and won or lost, and so Civil War (SUVCW), in conjunction Service for monument restoration. on. Amidst all the data, one fact looms with the city of Gettysburg, began larger than others: the toll of death. We a celebration to help ensure that the 121st MOLLUS Congress from page 5 are reminded that the casualty count of more than 620,000 men exceeded the purpose for and date of Abraham played and refreshments topped the total American losses in all confl icts Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address would end of a long day and noteworthy day. from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam. not be forgotten. The program today MOLLUS and DOLLUS members Stark as it is, the fi gure is hard to grasp. includes decorating the graves of the who stayed for the Sunday tour were Kent Gramm, Professor of English at Civil War soldiers who died and are treated to the vast collection of artifacts Wheaton College and Program Director buried at site. at the Abraham Lincoln Library and of the Historical A memorial service was held and Museum. The Ohio Commandery Hall Preservation Foundation in Gettysburg, MOLLUS Commander-in-Chief was full of oil paintings including a is the author of a number of books, Benjamin Frick laid a wreath at the portrait of Lincoln by T. Buchanan including Somebody’s Darling: Essays monument of the last Grand Army of the Reid. Senior Past Commander-in- on the Civil War (2002), November: Chief Lenahan O’Connell and his Lincoln’s Elegy at Gettysburg (2001) family were captured in a photograph, and Gettysburg: A Meditation on War standing next to the bed in which and Values (1994). Gramm offers this President-Elect Lincoln and Mary Todd observation: “In today’s terms, the Civil Lincoln slept on in Cincinnati on their War cost about 6 million American way to the his Inauguration in 1861. deaths, or the equivalent of one 9/11 plus Director Thomas Mackie led the group one thousand every day for four years.” on a tour of the Museum with special Yet, helpful as Gramm’s perspective comments and information focused is, it still reduces the Civil War’s on those items having a connection to awful death toll to a quantifi cation— and/or special meaning to the Loyal one that brings to mind the closing Legion. The group said their farewells lines of a poem by e.e. cummings: about noon and departed for home Q. how numb can an unworld get? following a spectacular Congress. A. number. The Ohio Commandery would not Perhaps a more instructive approach have been able to host such a great l. to r. James B. Pahl, Commander-in-Chief of Sons is to start from the bottom up rather of Unions Veterans, Benjamin C. Frick, Commander- Congress had it not been for the great than the top down, focusing on just one in-Chief MOLLUS, with his son Charles A. Frick, and efforts of LMU President Dr. Nancy Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief Keith G. Harrison of those 620,000 lost lives. Whoever Moody and her staff, most notably Vice Republic Veteran, Albert Woolson. The this lone victim was, he was certainly President Cynthia Whitt, Program and National Organization and Pennsylvania a son, even if one or both parents had Tourism Director Carol Campbell and Department of the Allied Orders of the preceded him in death. More likely countless others. We look forward to Grand Army of the Republic (SUVCW, than not, he was a brother, a cousin, a returning to LMU in 2012 for another Daughters of Union Veterans of the grandson or a nephew. Very possibly Congress. Plans have already begun to Civil War, Ladies of the Grand Army he was a husband, a groom-to-be or make it a more personalized experience of the Republic, Woman’s Relief a cherished sweetheart. He may have between the Loyal Legion and the Corps and Auxiliary to the SUVCW been a father himself. Certainly, to the LMU staff along with the student body. and the Military Order of the Loyal Loyal Legion Historical Journal Page 7 MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER left arm, visited Howard and joked that OTIS HOWARD, USA they would be able to shop for gloves (1830 Maine – 1909 Vermont) together. It was during his three month by Karl Frederick Schaeffer, Sr. Vice Commander- recuperation after the amputation of his in-Chief of MOLLUS and Douglas Niermeyer, Past arm that Howard enjoyed time away Commander-in-Chief of MOLLUS from duty he had for the duration of the Oliver Otis Howard was born in War. This effort was a foreshadowing of Leeds, Maine, on November 8, 1830 the the focused and busy life Howard would son of Rowland Bailey Howard and lead for the remainder of his seventy Eliza Otis. Frequently referred to as the nine years. Howard recovered quickly “Christian General,” Howard was known enough to rejoin the army for the Battle for his steadfast abstinence from alcohol, of Antietam, in which he rose to division tobacco and swearing, habits he avoided command in the II Corps. He was even as a student and a young soldier. promoted to Major General in November He attended , 1862 and assumed command of the graduated from in XI Corps the following April. In that 1850, then attended the United States role, he replaced Major General Franz Military Academy, graduating in 1854, MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER Sigel. Since the corps was composed fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a OTIS HOWARD, USA largely of German immigrants, many of ordnance. of whom spoke no English, the soldiers (1830 Maine – 1909 Vermont) He served at the Watervliet Arsenal were resentful of their new leader and Founder and President of near Troy, New York, and was the openly called for Sigel’s reinstatement. (1869-1874) temporary commander of the Kennebec At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Founder and President of Arsenal in Augusta, Maine. In 1857 Howard suffered the first of two Lincoln Memorial University he was transferred in Florida for the signifi cant military setbacks. On May . It was in Florida that he (1895) 2, 1863, his corps was on the right experienced a conversion to evangelical Superintendent of the United fl ank of the Union line, northwest of the Christianity and considered resigning States Military Academy at West crossroads of Chancellorsville. Robert from the Army to become a minister. Point (1881–1882) E. Lee and Lieutenant General Thomas Howard returned to West Point in Insignia Number 3808, J. “Stonewall” Jackson created an September 1857 to become an instructor Original Member of the Vermont audacious plan in which Jackson’s entire of mathematics and the following year corps would march secretly around the Commandery he was promoted to . As Union fl ank and attack it. Howard was Military Order of the Loyal the Civil War began with the surrender warned by Maj. Gen. , Legion of the United States of Fort Sumter, thoughts of the Ministry now commanding the Army of the were put aside and he decided to Potomac, that his flank was “in the General Richard S. Ewell and once again remain in the service of his country. air”, not anchored by a natural obstacle, the XI Corps was routed, forcing it to Howard was appointed of such as a river, and that Confederate retreat through the streets of Gettysburg, the 3rd Maine Infantry regiment and forces might be on the move in his leaving many prisoners behind. On temporarily commanded a brigade direction. Howard failed to heed the , south of town, Howard at the . He warning and Jackson struck before quarreled with Major General Winfi eld was promoted to Brigadier General dark, routing the XI Corps and causing S. Hancock about who was in command effective September 3, 1861, and a serious disruption to the Union plan. of the defense. Hancock had been sent given permanent command of his Monument to General Howard in by Major General George G. Meade brigade. He then joined Major General Gettysburg, Pennsylvania At the Battle of with written orders to take command, George B. McClellan’s Army of the Gettysburg, the XI Corps, still chastened but Howard insisted that he was the Potomac for the . by its humiliation in May, arrived on ranking general present. Eventually On June 1, 1862, while commanding a the field in the afternoon of July 1, he relented. He started circulating the Union brigade in the Fair Oaks, Howard 1863. Poor positioning of the defensive story that his corps’ failure had actually was wounded twice in his right arm, line by one of Howard’s subordinate been triggered by the collapse of Major which was subsequently amputated. division commanders, Brigadier General General ’s (He was awarded the Medal of Honor Francis Barlow, was exploited by to the west, but this excuse was never in 1893 for his heroism at Fair Oaks.) the Confederate Corps of Lieutenant continued on page 8 General , who had lost his Page 8 Loyal Legion Historical Journal

Major General Oliver Otis Howard from page 7 brought him the distinction of holding individuals with whom he communicated accepted at the time or by history—the major commands in all three of the on behalf of the projects he represented. reverse was actually true—and the main fi eld armies of the Union during reputation of the XI Corps was ruined. the Civil War. Although Howard Howard University (see http:// Howard should get some credit for the lacked tactical strengths, he brought www.howard.edu/) eventual success at Gettysburg because other talents to the table that ensured General Howard is also remembered he wisely stationed one of his divisions he was able to achieve a distinguished for playing a role in founding Howard (Major General Adolph von Steinwehr) career during his military life. University, which was incorporated on Cemetery Hill as a reserve and From May 1865 to July 1874, General by Congress in 1867 initially for the critical backup defensive line. For the Howard was commissioner of the training of African American ministers. remainder of the three-day battle, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and The school is nonsectarian and is open corps remained on the defensive around Abandoned Lands. During his tenure to both sexes without regard to race. Cemetery Hill, withstanding assaults by with them he spent more than $5 million As commissioner of the Freedmen’s Major General on July 2 and on education, focusing his efforts on Bureau, Howard was known for participating at the margin of the defense African American schools at all levels promoting the welfare and education against Pickett’s Charge on July 3. from elementary to teacher training. In of former slaves, freedmen, and war In 1863, President Lincoln met 1869, he had a key role in the founding refugees. On November 20, 1866, ten with General Oliver Otis Howard in of Howard University in Washington, members, including Howard, of various Washington, DC and asked him to D.C. He was placed in command of the socially concerned groups of the time create a University in the Appalachia, Department of the Columbia in 1874, met in Washington, D.C., to discuss Cumberland Gap Region after the went west to Oregon’s Fort Vancouver, plans for a theological seminary to Civil War ended. The people in this where he fought in the Indian Wars, train colored ministers. Interest was area were very poor and President particularly against the , sufficient, however, in creating an Lincoln wanted an equal opportunity with the resultant surrender of Chief educational institute for areas other than institution, without regard to race, Joseph. In ’s famous 1879 the ministry. The result was the Howard national origin, sex, age, or religion. Washington, D.C., speech, he claimed, Normal Institute for the Education of Howard and his corps were transferred “If General Howard had given me Preachers and Teachers. On January to the Western Theater to become part plenty of time to gather up my stock 8, 1867, the Board of Trustees voted of the in and treated Too-hool-hool-suit as a man to change the name of the institution Tennessee. In the Battle of Chattanooga, should be treated, there would have to Howard University. Howard served the corps joined the impulsive assault been no war.” Subsequently, Howard as president from 1869 to 1874. that captured Missionary Ridge and was Superintendent of the United States forced the retreat of General Braxton Military Academy at West Point from Lincoln Memorial University (see 1881–1882. He retired from the United Bragg. He eventually took command of homepage at http://www.lmunet. States Army on November 8, 1894 with the 11th Crops and then the 4th Corp in edu/) the Army of the Cumberland, with more the rank of Major General, after more General Howard never forgot than 80,000 men, and led the right wing than forty years of continuous military President Lincoln’s request to organize of Major General William Tecumseh service. Howard is also remembered a great University for the people in Sherman’s famous March to the Sea, for his work with Indian relations, the Cumberland Gap area. The good through and then the Carolinas. notably with the and New Perce General remembered his commitment As Sherman drew close to Atlanta, nations. His humanitarian approach to fulfill Lincoln’s request and he he received news that Major General made him a respected negotiator, and joined the Revered A. A. Myers, a James B. McPherson, Commander of the he was successful in his work with Congregationalist minister, who came to Army of the Tennessee, had been killed. Native Americans throughout the West. the Cumberland Gap area in the 1880s. In In a controversial decision, Sherman His life after his retirement, however, 1887, General Howard and the Revered gave the command to Howard, citing was far from sedate. His appointment A. A. Myers joined with M. F. Overtone, on Howard’s sterling character and book documents a grueling speaking C. F. Eager, A. B. Cistercian, M. Arthur his outstanding administrative skills. schedule as he traveled all over the and Robert F. Patterson, a Confederate Howard was good to the task, and his United States, speaking on behalf of veteran, in forming Lincoln Memorial diligence paid off when he was named causes near to his heart. He was a University in 1895. In commemoration commander of the Army of the Tennessee tireless and creative philanthropist, of Lincoln’s Birthday, the institution was on July 28, 1864, an appointment that and his surviving correspondence is a virtual who’s who list of prominent chartered by the state of Tennessee on Loyal Legion Historical Journal Page 9

February 12, 1887, as Lincoln Memorial and modestly, but the impact he had on Of War and Remembrance from page 6 University in Harrogate, Tennessee. the people he served is still bearing fruit. other men in his unit he was a comrade The Abraham Lincoln Library and On February 14, 1855 in Portland, and a colleague; to some he may have Museum at LMU houses one of the Maine he married his childhood been a buddy. He was either an offi cer most diverse Lincoln and Civil War sweetheart, Elizabeth Anne Waite, with or a subordinate. Beyond the confi nes collections in the country. Exhibited whom he would have seven children: of his unit, he had other identities. He are many rare items - the cane Lincoln Guy Howard (1855-1899), Grace was a white man or a black man; a carried that fateful night at Ford’s Ellen (Howard) Gray (1857-1949), native-born American or an immigrant; Theatre, two life masks, the tea set James Waite Howard (1860-post1932), an employee, perhaps, or possibly an he and Mary Todd used in their home Chauncey Otis Howard (1863-post1932), employer. He may have been someone in Springfield, and numerous other John Howard (1867-1921), Harry in business for himself; a parishioner, artifacts. Approximately 30,000 books, Stinson Howard (1869-1960), and a Republican or a Democrat. He may manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, Bessie (Howard) Bancroft (1871-1920). have been an alumnus or someone paintings and sculptures tell the story General Howard was elected an unschooled; a bon vivant or a recluse. of President Lincoln and the Civil War Original Companion of the Vermont Whoever this casualty of war was, period in America’s history. A number of Commandery of MOLLUS, Insignia one fact is clear: one moment he was items on display are from the collections No.3808 and was an active member flesh and blood, fully human and of the Ohio Commandery of MOLLUS. the rest of his life. Four of his sons, alive, and a moment later, his life was On December 22, 1899 General Guy, James, John, and Harry, were at an end. Another “1” was added Howard’s son, Lieutenant Guy Howard, also hereditary members of the to a steadily mounting death toll. USA was killed at the Rio Grande Vermont Commandery of MOLLUS. Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Bruce River, Philippines in the Philippine Oliver Howard died on October 26, Catton eloquently pondered what this War, and Howard was devastated. As 1909 in Burlington, Vermont, and is all meant in his beautifully crafted a part of the healing process, Howard buried there in Lake View Cemetery. essay, There Was a Young Soldier. It was continued to throw himself completely A bust of Howard designed by artist published posthumously in Refl ections on into his last work, establishing a living James E. Kelly is on display at Howard the Civil War (1981). Catton contrasted memorial to Sixteenth President University. An impressive equestrian the trajectory of a bullet with that of Abraham Lincoln. The school was statue is on on the the soldier whom it killed. Unlike the created with a well-defi ned mission to Gettysburg Battlefi eld. A dormitory at bullet’s course which can be traced and help the poor youth of Appalachia, and Bowdoin College is named for Howard. quantifi ed, “the trajectory of the man Howard gave his full energy to raising The Oliver O. Howard Relief Corps of is infinitely complicated, unhurried, the endowment for Lincoln Memorial the Grand Army of the Republic provided wandering down through the years with University in the Cumberland Gap, funds to help destitute former Union all sorts of twists, convolutions, false a region which had largely remained soldiers and to support worthy public starts, unexpected dips and curves, and loyal to the Union during the Civil War. causes. It contributed money and the meaningless pauses. There is no pattern Howard even served as the University’s design for the State Flag of Utah in 1922. to it. It just goes until something stops president from 1901 until 1903. Howard was the author of numerous it . . . and then it stops forever . . . or at On October 26, 1909, Howard wrote books after the war, including Donald’s least it vanishes to where we no longer a letter to then LMU President Dr. School Days (1878), Nez Perce Joseph can see it.” In that regard, the soldier’s William L. Stooksbury, about plans to (1881), General Taylor (1892), Isabella trajectory is no different than anyone raise money for a medical school to be of Castile (1894), Autobiography else’s. As Catton writes, “There is no affi liated with the University. It would (1907), and My Life and Experiences way on earth to know what the next be his last correspondence. Howard among Our Hostile Indians (1907). sentence is going to tell us. The human suffered a stroke that afternoon and Sources: trajectory is eternally incalculable, quietly died that evening. True to his 1) Membership Records of MOLLUS beginning in deepest mystery and going self-sacrificial nature, as he fell ill, 2) Who’s Who in America, p.594. blind to a fate no one can predict.” Howard climbed to the top fl oor of his 3) Wikipedia: Oliver O. Howard (see http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Oliver_O._Howard) Metaphysical as such musings are, home to take to his bed so as not to 4) Lincoln Memorial University: (see http://www. they are made palpable by museum disturb his ailing wife resting on the lmunet.edu/) 5) Howard University: (see http://www.howard.edu/) artifacts that speak to the essential lower fl oor. General Oliver Otis Howard mystery of life and death. The Civil War was a great man who went about the Copyright © 2006 Doug Niermeyer, Missouri and Underground Railroad Museum of work of his long, productive life, quietly Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States continued on page 10 Page 10 Loyal Legion Historical Journal Of War and Remembrance from page 9 A SALUTE TO NEW DAMES Philadelphia offers some remarkable examples. One of the more poignant We welcome the following new members of the artifacts is a pocket watch once owned by Dames of the Loyal Legion of the United States: Brevet-Captain John Oppell Foering. Dame National No. Born in Philadelphia, Foering was not Society Kathleen T. Watson 1794 Member-at-Large yet eighteen when he enlisted on July (Mrs. Marston) 6, 1861 as a private in Company D, Nancy P. Kirschner 1795 Ohio 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, (Mrs. Lon I.) only two days after President Abraham Rachelle M. Campbell 1796 Member-at-Large Lincoln called upon Americans to “go (Mrs. Tad D.) forward without fear, and with manly Lee T. Nelson 1797 Member-at-Large hearts.” He served through the entire (Mrs. Jack A.) war and was honorably mustered out Erika L. Andriano-Moore 1798 Member-at-Large on July 18, 1865. He was elected a Jean M. Osborne 1799 Member-at-Large (Mrs. Seward R.) Class I Companion of MOLLUS by Myranda L. Polhemus 1800 the Pennsylvania Commandery on Member-at-Large May 5, 1880, and assigned Insignia Number 2073. He was appointed Chancellor in Chief of the Commandery in 1903 and succeeded the late John P. wore many identities throughout his In remembering the grim fact of Nicholson as Recorder-in-Chief in 1922. long and distinguished career: devoted the Civil War’s human cost, or that Foering’s commander, John W. Geary, husband; beloved uncle and esteemed of any war for that matter, we should effusively praised his subordinate in member not only of MOLLUS, but bear in mind, and cherish, the unique an 1866 letter to Secretary of War also of Grand Army of the Republic trajectory of each individual’s life. Edwin Stanton: “He was never absent Post No. 1 He was a member of the from his command. He never missed Union League of Philadelphia and 51st Annual Lincoln Tomb Ceremony from page 4 an engagement. And was always chief grain inspector for the port of (GAR) will be held at the grave site of distinguished for his valor and good Philadelphia. He served in that capacity Dr. Benjamin Stephenson in the Rose conduct.” Indeed, Foering’s MOLLUS for 35 years and was regarded both Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, Illinois. The application shows that he participated locally and nationally not simply for cemetery is located on Illinois highway in nearly three dozen engagements: his integrity, but for “being a regular 123 on the east side of town. Take Illinois Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Berrysville, encyclopedia on the subject of grain.” highways 29 and 123 or 97 to get to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Manassas John Foering carried his broken pocket Petersburg from Springfi eld. MOLLUS Gap, Lookout Mountain, Missionary watch with him ever since his very close Companions are invited to this second Ridge—the list goes on and on. Midway call at Kennesaw Mountain. It was a ceremony. Additional directions and through it, one finds the Battle of treasured reminder of the fragility of information will be available at the Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. It was human life. In that regard, he was very hotel and luncheon. Please complete there, on June 28, 1864, that Foering— much like another Civil War veteran, that portion of the reservation form if now a First Sergeant—was fired at Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who you anticipate attending this ceremony. by a Confederate soldier. The bullet’s delivered an address on the meaning of Please contact SUVCW Past trajectory carried it towards his abdomen Memorial Day on May 30, 1884. “The Commander-in-Chief Alan Loomis at and almost certain death. But it instead generation that carried on the war [email protected] or (219) 464-1332, struck the pocket watch Foering carried has been set apart by its experience,” if you need additional information for in his jacket, shattering its face and inner Holmes declared. “Through our great the Lincoln Tomb or GAR ceremonies. mechanism. Foering was wounded, but good fortune, in our youth our hearts his life was spared. Where nearly 3,000 were touched with fire. It was given Union soldiers and 1,000 Confederate to us to learn at the outset that life forces perished, John Foering’s name is a profound and passionate thing... was not numbered among them. Our dead brothers still live for us, John Foering lived to be ninety when and bid us think of life, not death—of he died on October 1, 1933, the last life to which in their youth they lent surviving member of his regiment. 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