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Oliver Bosbyshell

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Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint, 1889 to 1894 (1839-1921)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1839 to 1921 · aged 82
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Oliver Christian Bosbyshell was Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1889 to 1894.

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Oliver Christian Bosbyshell was Superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia from 1889 to 1894. He 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 his unit was marching through Baltimore in April 1861.

Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1839 to 1921 · aged 82
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8 languages

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