Albion P. Howe
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| Albion Parris Howe | |
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| March 13, 1818 – January 25, 1897 (aged 78) | |
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| Place of birth | Standish, Maine |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Years of service | 1841-1882 |
| Rank | Brevet Major General, USA |
| Unit | 4th U.S. Artillery West Point teacher |
| Commands held | Artillery Depot, Washington, D.C. |
| Battles/wars | Mexican-American War American Civil War *Second Battle of Bull Run *Battle of South Mountain *Battle of Antietam *Battle of Fredericksburg *Battle of Gettysburg |
Albion Parris Howe (March 13, 1818 – January 25, 1897) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War.
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[edit] Biography
Howe was born in Standish, Maine. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1841. After serving in the 4th U.S. Artillery for two years, he taught mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy for three years.
Howe served in the Mexican-American War and won a brevet promotion for gallantry during Winfield Scott's advance upon Mexico City. He served under Robert E. Lee during the suppression of John Brown at Harpers Ferry.
At the beginning of the American Civil War, Howe served under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan in western Virginia. He fought in the Battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. Howe commanded second division VI Corps from Fredericksburg to the winter of 1863-1864. Then he commanded the artillery depot in Washington, D. C.. At the close of the war, he served in the honor guard that stood watch over the corpse of Abraham Lincoln, and soon afterward was appointed as a member of the military commission that tried the Lincoln conspirators. Howe did not make any public comments on the conviction or hanging of Mary E. Surratt, but was not among the five officers who petitioned President Andrew Johnson to commute her sentence to life in prison.[1]
Howe retired from the Army in 1882. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is buried there in Mount Auburn Cemetery.[2]
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- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Kauffman, M., American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies, Random House, 2004, ISBN 0-375-50785-X.
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