Thomas O. Osborn
Thomas Ogden Osborn | |
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United States of America | |
Service/ | United States Army Union Army |
Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Rank | Brigadier general Brevet major general |
Unit | Army of the James |
Commands held | 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XXIV Corps |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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Thomas Ogden Osborn (August 11, 1832 – March 27, 1904) was an
Early life and career
Thomas Osborn was born near the rural village of Jersey in Licking County, Ohio.[1] In 1854 he graduated from Ohio University at Athens. Osborn studied law in Crawfordsville, Indiana, under future Civil War general Lew Wallace and moved to Chicago, where he established a law practice in 1858.[2]
Civil War service
After the start of the war, Osborn became the
Osborn and his command saw action in the 1862
In 1864, Osborn commanded the 1st Brigade, 1st Division of the XXIV Corps of the Army of the James.[4] Osborn was badly wounded at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff on May 14, 1864, when a musket ball shattered his right elbow and lodged in his arm. He stayed in the hospital until September before being released for duty. In December, he had recovered enough to report for duty. However, he suffered from ankylosis of the injured elbow for the rest of his life.[5]
During the
On April 2, 1865, Osborn's command was instrumental in the capture of Fort Gregg during the Union breakthrough, and he brevetted to major general to rank from that date.[3] He was promoted to brigadier general in the United States Volunteers on May 1, 1865,[7] and led the 1st Division of the XXIV Corps from May 2 – July 8. Osborn resigned from the Army on September 28.[6]
Postbellum career
Osborn returned to his legal practice in Chicago, engaged in several business ventures, and he also held several federally appointed positions. He was elected as the treasurer of
In the spring of 1904, Osborn died in
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ Ohio Civil War Trails 2 Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ Warner, p. 351.
- ^ a b c Warner, p. 352.
- 199th Pennsylvania Infantryregiments.
- ^ Welsh, p. 246.
- ^ a b c Eicher, p. 411.
- ^ Eicher, p. 726.
- ^ The Political Graveyard Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ See Los esfuerzos de la diplomacia norteamericana para obtener la ratificación del Tratado de 1881:
- "Los respectivos signatarios deberíamos expresar, en este acto y en el nombre de sus respectivos gobiernos, el profundo aprecio hacia la benévola asistencia con la que sus Excelencias, los Ministros de Estados Unidos acreditados en la República Argentina y en la de Chile, el mayor general Thomas O. Osborn y Mr. Thomas A. Osborn, contribuyeron a las negociaciones que llevaron al acuerdo definitivo y que ha sido firmado gracias a ellos"'
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Heidler, David S., and Heidler, Jeanne T., eds., Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, W. W. Norton & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-393-04758-X.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Recordsof the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue: The Lives of the Union Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1964, ISBN 0-8071-0822-7.
- Welsh, Jack D., Medical Histories of Union Generals, Kent State University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-87338-649-4.
External links
- Thomas O. Osborn photo gallery at generalsandbrevets.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 8, 2008) Retrieved 2008-10-21
- Thomas O. Osborn at Find a Grave