| Born in
Champaign, Illinois on 20 Feb 1843, Charles came
to Collinsville, Illinois in about 1857. During
the Civil War he enlisted as a Private in the
76th IL Infantry and was mustered in on 22 Feb
1864 at Camp Butler. The Camp, which was a
training camp, had been established in August of
1861 and later doubled as a POW camp where more
than 3,500 Confederate soldiers were held on the
15-acre prison compound. His regiment served duty at Big
Black, the Yazoo City Expedition, Vicksburg,
Pearl River, and saw action at Jackson,
Mississippi. It later moved to the mouth of White
River, Arkansas, Duvall's Bluff, Memphis, New
Orleans, and was at the Siege of Spanish Fort and
Fort Blakely among others. They were discharged
at Chicago, on 04 Aug 1865, having lost a total
of 259 men who were either killed, mortally
wounded or died of disease.
On 21 Apr 1881,
Charles married Julia Stumpf, sister of Henry
Stumpf who also served in the Civil War. She
passed away on 28 Oct 1893 and was buried next to
her brother. Her death is supported by the 1920
census record which lists Charles as a widowed
miner residing next door to another Civil War
veteran, Mathias Nekola, who was also laid to
rest at Glenwood Cemetery.
Note:
Photo of Charles H. Osborn was contributed by his
granddaughter, Velda Osborn Lauth who passed away
on 22 Sep 2006.
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