The museum at Fort MacArthur was established in 1985.
Battery Osgood was named for Brigadier General Henry Brown Osgood Jr (1843-1909). He was a member of the 27th Maine during the Civil War. In July 1863, with the approaching Battle of Gettysburg approaching, and nearing the end of their enlistment, 312 members of the 26th volunteered to stay and protect Washington, D.C.. For this, 299 members were awarded the new Congressional Medal of Honor.
In 1916 Congress was tasked with reviewing the Medals of Honor and determined their awarding for this action was not justified and rescinded all of them, including Osgood's.
Henry Osgood was later appointed to the USMA by President Lincoln and graduated with the Class of 1867.
He served the rest of his career with the U.S. Army and is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Stephentown, New York.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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