Civil War Gettysburg General O.O. Howard letter

Civil War: Gettysburg General O.O. Howard Letter. A framed letter by Union Major General Oliver Otis Howard, Medal of Honor Winner for his gallantry in the Battle of Fair Oaks on 1 June 1862, where he lost his right arm. He later served as commander of the 11th Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg, and with General Sherman's Army in the March through Georgia. At the end of the War he served as Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau and Founder of Howard University. The letter, handwritten on his personal stationery, and dated Burlington, Vermont, Nov. 27, 1896 extends regrets to Major A.W. Vandyke of Cincinnati for not being able to stop for a visit--and asking for his pardon with a humorous aside--"Visiting & travelling & one arm! You Know! O.O.H." Letter is matted and framed in glass, and measures 15.75" H X 13.75" W.