Oliver Christian Bosbyshell (January 3, 1839 – August 1, 1921) served as Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1889 to 1894. He also claimed to have been the first Union soldier wounded by enemy action in the Civil War, stating that he received a bruise on the forehead from an object thrown by a Confederate sympathizer while Bosbyshell's unit was marching through Baltimore in April 1861.
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| - Oliver Christian Bosbyshell (January 3, 1839 – August 1, 1921) served as Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1889 to 1894. He also claimed to have been the first Union soldier wounded by enemy action in the Civil War, stating that he received a bruise on the forehead from an object thrown by a Confederate sympathizer while Bosbyshell's unit was marching through Baltimore in April 1861.
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- Member of the United States Assay Commission for 1898
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* 48th Pennsylvania Volunteers
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- 1889-11-01(xsd:date)
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| - Oliver Christian Bosbyshell
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- February 1885
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| - Eugene Townsend
- William S. Steel
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| - * Nathan Stem
* Whitney
* Oliver May
* William Lebbeus
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| - Oliver Christian Bosbyshell (January 3, 1839 – August 1, 1921) served as Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1889 to 1894. He also claimed to have been the first Union soldier wounded by enemy action in the Civil War, stating that he received a bruise on the forehead from an object thrown by a Confederate sympathizer while Bosbyshell's unit was marching through Baltimore in April 1861. Bosbyshell was born in Mississippi; his parents were of old Philadelphia stock and had moved to Vicksburg on a temporary basis. His father died before Oliver's birth, and his mother returned after he was born to live with her father in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the boy grew up. After briefly working on the railroad and then studying law, Bosbyshell enlisted in the Union cause on the outbreak of war. Bosbyshell initially enlisted in the 25th Pennsylvania Volunteers; when his brief period of service expired, he was offered a commission in the regular Army, but chose to remain in a volunteer regiment, joining the 48th Pennsylvania. He remained in that regiment for three years, fighting in such battles as Second Bull Run and Antietam. He rose to the rank of major, and led his regiment, but having been refused a leave of absence, was mustered out upon the expiration of his term of service in October 1864. After leaving the army, Bosbyshell returned to Pennsylvania and worked in two unsuccessful businesses; he also involved himself in Republican politics and in the activities of the Grand Army of the Republic, a veteran's group. He was appointed to a post at the Philadelphia Mint in 1869, and became its superintendent in 1889, serving for four years. One of Bosbyshell's underlings at the mint had stolen gold bars; as they were not all recovered when the culprit was arrested, Bosbyshell was held responsible for the loss by virtue of his office. He was absolved of this liability by act of Congress in 1899.
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