125. OLIVER OTIS HOWARD (1830 - 1909) Union major general and Medal of Honor winner who led his division at Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and was senior commander at Gettysburg. Manuscript L.S. "O.O. Howard" and again "O.O.H." as Maj. Gen. U.S.A., 1p., 8vo., on imprinted "Headquarters Division of the Pacific", Presidio of San Francisco, Oct. 11, 1886, to Robert S. Hatcher at Lafayette, Indiana, the General cordially replies: "...Your kind letter is at hand. I will gladly comply with your request...". Signed at the conclusion, but then in a hasty postscript he adds: "I am sorry but at present I have no photographs. Pach in N.Y. has the best" and signs with initials. Very good. $250 - 350