The Christian General
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The Christian General was the sobriquet of Oliver Otis Howard, a Union Army officer and devout Christian who later led the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction.
Aliases (1)
- Oliver Otis Howard ×34
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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| allegiance |
United States of America
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| awardReceived |
Medal of Honor
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| burialPlace |
Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont, United States
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| conflict |
American Civil War
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1830-11-08
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| dateOfDeath |
1909-10-26
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| educatedAt |
United States Military Academy
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| ethnicGroup |
White American
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| fieldOfWork |
Reconstruction-era civil administration
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military leadership → |
| hasAlias |
O. O. Howard
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| hasPart |
service in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
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service in the Western Theater of the American Civil War → |
| memberOf |
Union Army
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| militaryBranch |
Union Army
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| militaryRank |
major general
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| nickname |
Christian General
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The Christian General → |
| notableFor |
advocacy for formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction
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leading the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction → service as a Union general in the American Civil War → strong evangelical Christian beliefs → |
| notableWork |
leadership of the Freedmen’s Bureau
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| occupation |
educator
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military officer → |
| placeOfBirth |
Leeds, Maine, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Burlington, Vermont, United States
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| positionHeld |
Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
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| religion |
Christianity
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| religiousCharacteristic |
devout evangelical Christian
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| workLocation |
Washington, D.C., United States
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Oliver Otis Howard
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Oliver Otis Howard → |
nickname |