General O.O. Howard mounted Signed Card with Rank. The card is in great shape the mount has been reinforced with archival tape. The mount and tape could easily be removed if desired. Seemed fine to me to I left it as found. Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against Confederate forces at the Battle of Fair Oaks/Seven Pines in June 1862, an action which later earned him the Medal of Honor. Known as the "Christian general" because he tried to base his policy decisions on his deep held beliefs he was given charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in mid-1865, with the mission of integrating the former slaves into Southern society. He attempted to protect freed blacks from hostile conditions, but lacked adequate power, and was repeatedly frustrated by President Andrew Johnson.

Howard's allies, the Radical Republicans, won control of Congress in the 1866 elections and imposed Radical Reconstruction, with the result that freedmen were given the vote. With the help and advice of the Bureau, freedmen joined Republican coalitions and won at the ballot boxes of most of the southern states. Howard was also a leader in promoting higher education for freedmen, most notably in founding Howard University in Washington and serving as its president 1867–73; and aided in the charter of Howard University and Atlanta University, now Clark Atlanta University, in 1867.