Kennebec County Maine Biography

KENNEBEC COUNTY MAINE GENEALOGYTRAILS
BIOGRAPHIES

MAJOR GENERAL OLIVER OTIS HOWARD

MAJOR-GENERAL OLIVER OTIS HOWARD was born in Kennebec county, Maine, November 8th, 1830. He was educated at Bowdoin College, ranking first of his class. In 1850, he entered West Point, and graduated June, 1854. He was made brevet second lieutenant of ordnance, and served successively in Texas, Florida, and at the United States Arsenals in Georgia and Maine. He became first lieutenant, July 1st, 1857, and was appointed acting assistant professor of mathematics at the military academy. At the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, he led his regiment, the third Maine, having been previously appointed colonel of volunteers. He was made a brigadier-general in September, and was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, after which his arm was amputated. He led his brigade, which was part of Stunner's corps, at Antietam, September 17th, 1862. He commanded the first division of the second army corps (Couch's), and lost one thousand men of his brigade at Fredericksburg, November 29th, 1862. His commission as major-general of volunteers bore the latter, date, and he was given the command of the second division of the second corps of the Army of the Potomac. In April, 1863, he superseded Sigel in the command of the eleventh army corps, and participated in the battle of Chancellorsville. He reaped unfading laurels at Gettysburg, and soon after was placed in command of the second army corps. In September, 1863, he reinforced Rosecrans with his corps at Chattanooga, and participated in the battle of Wauhatchie, October 28th, of the same year. Part of his troops aided General Hooker in the capture of Lookout Mountain, and with two divisions, he was engaged in Sherman's movement on Fort Buckner. On the 25th of November, he joined the expedition of the latter to raise the siege of Knoxville, and participated in almost all the battles in the Atlanta campaign, when, at the death of the lamented McPherson, he succeeded him in command of the army of the Tennessee. In his command of the right wing through Georgia and the Carolinas. and in the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, he was greatly distinguished. General Howard is the model of a true Christian soldier. On the close of the war he became commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau.

(Source: A Complete History of the Great Rebellion of the Civil War in the U.S. 1861-1865 with Biographical sketches of the Principal actors in the Great Drama. By Dr. James Moore, Published 1875)

submitted by: Linda Rodriguez

THOMAS HAMBLIN HUBBARD

soldier and lawyer, was born Dec. 20, 1838, at Hallowell, Me., the youngest son of John Hubbard (q. v.). He was prepared for college at the Hallowell Academy, and entered Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., in 1853, graduating high in his class in 1857. He chose law as his profession and was admitted to practice in t he courts of Maine in 1859. In the fall of 1860 he came to New York and during the following winter and spring continued his studies at the Albany Law School. On May 4,1861, he was admitted to practice in the courts of New York. In the fall of 1862 he returned to his native state for the purpose of offering his aid in the suppression of the rebellion. He was mustered into the service of the 29, 1862. as first lieutenant and adjutant of the twenty-fifth Maine volunteers, and served with his regiment in Virginia until the expiration of its term, July 11, 1863. During part of this time he was acting assistant adjutant-general of brigade. After the regiment was mustered out he assisted in raising the 13th Regt. of Maine volunteers of which he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, Nov. 10, 1863. He went with his regiment to the department of the Gulf, served through the Red river campaign, had command of his regiment after the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., and led it in the battles of Cane river crossing, or Monett's Bluff and Marksville. He assisted in the construction of the dam across the Red river at Alexandria by means of which the fleet of Federal gunboats was saved, and was mentioned with special commendation for this service in the report of Adm. Porter. He assisted in bridging the Atchafalaya river with a fleet of transports for the rapid passage of the army, May 18, 1864, when its progress had been checked by the destruction of bridges. He was commissioned as colonel of his regiment May 13, 1864, and mustered into the United States service with that rank June 2, 1864, in Louisiana. In the autumn of that year he was transferred with his command from Louisiana to Virginia, his regiment being part of the third brigade, first division, of the nineteenth army corps. During 1864 and 1865 be was on different occasions in command of the brigade. He served in the Shenandoah Valley in the fall and winter of 1864 in Gen. Sheridan's army. On June 7, 1865, he was ordered with his command to Savannah, Ga., and there presided for a time over a board for the examination of officers desiring to enter the regular service. He was commissioned brigadier-general by brevet with rank from July 13, 1865, and was mustered out of the service soon after that date. Gen. Hubbard returned to the practice of law in New York city in the fall of 1865 and for a year was associated m business with Charles A. Rapallo, afterward judge of the court of appeals. For many years he has been a member of the law firm of Butler, Stillman & Hubbard, and has had a large and varied clientage and conducted many causes involving great financial interests. He is one of the vice presidentâ€™s of the Union League Club of New York; is a trustee of Bowdoin College, Maine, and a member of numerous societies, but has held no political office. Gen. Hubbard was married Jan. 28, 1868, to Sibyl A. Fahuestock, of Harrisburg, Pa.

{Source: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 2; Publ. 1906, by James T. White, George Derby; Pgs. 140-193; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.}