. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . hingevery point of the compass. The Eleventh Corps,which I then commanded, spread itself out north of theRappahannock, in fan-shaped order, facing the rear,with its center near Catletts, a station on the Orange& Alexandria Railroad. My tents were pitched on farm; and we were suffered to remain so longin one place that we became quite domesticated. Bythe letters which I have preserved I recall the fact thatthe officers of my staff and myself had much sympathyand friendship with Mr. Catletts family. They re-ma
. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general, United States Army . hingevery point of the compass. The Eleventh Corps,which I then commanded, spread itself out north of theRappahannock, in fan-shaped order, facing the rear,with its center near Catletts, a station on the Orange& Alexandria Railroad. My tents were pitched on farm; and we were suffered to remain so longin one place that we became quite domesticated. Bythe letters which I have preserved I recall the fact thatthe officers of my staff and myself had much sympathyand friendship with Mr. Catletts family. They re-mained at home in a neighborhood quite overrun byboth armies and one already very destitute of comfortsand quite barren of vegetation, Writing from thiscam]) to my child, I said: Little Lottie Catlett, wholooks something like yourself, gave me a good, heartywelcome when I returned, and showed me her nice, newdoll. .. One time she understood somebody to say thatI had been killed, and she cried very heartily. Themonotony of camp life had many reliefs this hot sea- 448. Major General Howard. (From a photograph taken after the battle of Gettysburg.) Transferred to the West son. At one time a German chaplain preached, andthe Thirty-third Massachusetts band came to the ser-vice and played the hymns. The band remained atCatletts over Monday, and we all had a delightful mu-sical treat. At another time, Saturday, September 4,1863, returning from Manassas Junction, where I hadbeen to review troops, I found Meade, Humphreys, andPleasonton at my headquarters. Meade took dinner with me under our fly; he ad-mired the ability of our cook in making strange devicesupon an admirable cake. Our German cooks abilityexceeded anything found in cities. At another time, in the same month, my staff rodewith me to the village of Greenwich, where I had oneregiment. The principal citizen was Mr. Green. Heappeared heartily glad to see us. His premises af-forded an exception to the prevailing desolation. Theyw
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