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Embury D. Osband

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Embury D. Osband
BornJune 6, 1832
Ontario County, New York
DiedOctober 4, 1866
Yazoo County, Mississippi
Buried
AllegianceUnited States Union
 Illinois
Service / branchUnion Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Colonel
Brevet Brigadier General
Commands3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment
3rd Bde, Cavalry Div, Dist. of West Tenn.
Battles / wars

Embury D. Osband (June 6, 1832 – October 4, 1866) became the commanding officer of the 3rd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War. Born in New York, he became a teacher and then started a company that provided books to schools. In 1856, he married and moved to Chicago. When the American Civil War broke out, he raised a company of the 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment and became its captain. In 1863, he was appointed colonel of a new regiment composed of African-American former slaves. He led the regiment and later a cavalry brigade in Grierson's 1864–65 Raid. He received the brevet rank of brigadier general for war service. After the war he became a farmer in Mississippi but died in 1866.

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References

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  • Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
  • Dobak, William A. (2011). "Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops 1862–1867" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army. Retrieved October 26, 2020.