General Sherman wrote to Secretary of State Edwin M. Stanton about Howe , and for his bravery President Abraham Lincoln appointed him to the United States Naval Academy in July 1865 .
Howe was too young for West Point .
General Sherman wrote to Secretary of State Edwin M. Stanton about Howe , and for his bravery President Abraham Lincoln appointed him to the United States Naval Academy in July 1865 because he was too young for West Point .