. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . an—the newly fledged briga-dier feared that he never would be recognized again ortrusted with a command. I suspected jealousy on thepart of rivals who were near the throne. I wasashamed to go home and chagrined to remain un-assigned. But the change came. My first assignment was toanother brigade, receiving, drilling, and forwardingnew regiments under the supervision of General SilasCasey. AYe were sent to Bladensburg and encampednear the notorious dueling ground where members ofCongress had formerly resorted to offer th
. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . an—the newly fledged briga-dier feared that he never would be recognized again ortrusted with a command. I suspected jealousy on thepart of rivals who were near the throne. I wasashamed to go home and chagrined to remain un-assigned. But the change came. My first assignment was toanother brigade, receiving, drilling, and forwardingnew regiments under the supervision of General SilasCasey. AYe were sent to Bladensburg and encampednear the notorious dueling ground where members ofCongress had formerly resorted to offer their bloodfor their honors sake. The Sixty-first New York,Fifth New Hampshire, the Forty-fifth New l^ork, theEighty-first Pennsylvania, and Fourth Rhode Islandtook part under my command in one great review heldon the public grounds east of the Capitol. McClellanwas the conspicuous reviewing officer and Casey ledthe division. At first some slight mistakes very muchdisturbed our silver-haired division commander. Hecried out despairingly: Oh, oh, what a fizzle! Still, 170. Oliver O. Howard, Brigadier General United States Volunteers, 18(31,WITH His Adjutant General, Frederick D. Sewall. General George B. ISIcClellan a little extra effort on the part of our active aids-de-camp put all matters to rights and we passed in a cred-itable review. How necessary was that period of preparation tothe new army! McClellan brought to bear upon it theconservatism of an engineer. He gathered around hima large staff, personal and administrative, which fromtime to time he caused to be annoimced to the he constructed, with immense labor, on bothsides of the Potomac, a grand system of fortificationswhich environed the District of Columbia. They soongave to the eye of every observer, military or not, theprecise rallying points for times of attack; they werewhen manned a safe defense of the nations capital. The capital thus owed to McClellan not a little ofits safety in his cleansing it
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