Show OW ARO lAST Of OfTE TOft TE UNION GENERALS IS S DEAD Burlington Vt Oct O 0 Howard last o of the tho Union commanders of the Civil war died at aL his home hero tonIght o of heart die ease He was 7 79 yearn yeam of age Washington Oct How Howard I ard entered the tho West Point military academy Sept 1 1850 1550 and four years rears later 1 was breveted see sec second I ontI ond Fob 13 ho was 13 I Imade made inada a second lieutenant an and later lator I lieutenant One June 1 I Howard organIzed the third MaIne In I fantry and three years earB later he re resigned I signed hIs commission In tho regular arm army On Sept 3 the same year ho was made mado brIgadier and andon I on Nov Nor W 29 1862 was promoted to tomajor I major general I On Dee Dec 21 1864 he was appointed to the rank ranI of brigadier general of oC the tho regular army ant and on Jan 1 was honorably mustered out by the tho volunteer service G General Howard I Iwas was wade mado major general In iii and andon on NO Nov S IS lie he reached the re retired I tired list He was wa breveted major general March 13 1866 for gallant I service at the battle hattle of Ezra Eira Church and durIn during the campaIgn against At Atlanta Atlanta lanta General Howard was one o of the persons to whom the thanks of congress conS con gress were over extended On Jan JanS S 1861 a Joint resolution was passel passed I declaring the of the Amor Amer I lean people and tIne the thanks o of their I rc r In congress on are arc due dul to toMajor Major General Howard and the am amI I cers and soldiers of lie or of the for Cor I the ho Shill heroic valor bj which tIle the at Gettysburg repulsed defeated and drove back broken and dispirited beyond the the tho veteran army or of the UIO lie was awarded a 11 medal or of honor In 1893 fo bravery at atthe the tho battle of Fair Oaks Juno Tuno 1 1862 where ho was t wI co seriously wound wounded ed In the rIght arm necessitatIng its amputation tati on onlie lie Ho was Instructor and professor In mathematics at Wrest Vest Point from 1857 to lo Ho corn com commanded a brigade at Dull Bull RunS Run July 21 and participated In many battles General Howard was largely Instrumental Instrumental mental In establishing In Washington Ute the Howard university which was named In his honor and wag its Ita preBi presIdent dent from to 1873 Ho wn was corn com commissioner missioner to tine the Indians of ArIzona and New Mexico In 1872 One o of the th most conspicuous parts o of General Howards military record was his campaign against the tho Nez Ne NezPerce Perce Indians Ho He was superintendent ot of the tho mill tar tary academy from 1881 to 1382 Later Lator ho he was commander of the de dc departments of the Platte the PacIfic and time the Atlantic General Howard was chevalier of the Legion of oC Honor in commander Medal of Honor Lesion Legion from HIO 1904 and of tho Vcr mont moat commander Loyal LeGIon In 1895 to In addition to 10 beIng a popular lecturer ho was nn an or of note |