Howard, Oliver Otis

(1830–1909) was a corps commander noted for suffering two humiliating defeats, at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, but he recovered from the setbacks while posted in the Western Theatre, and served there successfully as a corps and army commander. In 1862, while commanding a Union brigade in the Fair Oaks, Howard was wounded twice in his right arm, which was subsequently amputated. Brigadier General Philip Kearny, who had lost his left arm, visited Howard and joked that they would be able to shop for gloves together.