Osgood, Andrew E.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Cabot, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF Service: enl 9/8/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. H, 13th VT INF, mwia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, d/wds 7/7/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1843, Cabot, VT Death: 07/07/1863 Burial: Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA Marker/Plot: A-20 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 15025339 Cenotaph: Durant Cemetery, Cabot, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Monica White Findagrave Memorial #: 69030603 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, father George W., 6/22/1880 Portrait?: 13th History College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: 13th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:  Cenotaph in Durant Cemetery, Cabot, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Biography
ANDREW E. OSGOOD volunteered and counted on the town of Cabot, Vt., September 8th, 1862 at the age of 19, and joined Company H. Died from mortal wounds received July 3rd, 1863 in the battle of Gettysburg on the 7th of July, 1863, and was buried in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. He gave his young life that his country might survive. (See page 336 for his picture.)
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 664
Obituary
Andrew E. Osgood, Co. H, died of wounds at Gettysburg, July 7th. This young man was from Cabot, and was wounded in the right side, the ball entering the lung.
Source: Vermont Watchman and State Journal, July 24, 1863
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.