But let us see whether they could have possibly truly represented the State of Florida. Thomas Ward Osborn was born in New Jersey. He entered the Union army in 1861 as a lieutenant and became a captain and a major. and finally a colonel in 1865. just before the end of the war. He was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees and Freedmenand. of course. the freedmen were the freed slavesfor Florida in 1865 and 1866. and settled in Tallahassee. He was a member of the State constitutional convention. He was elected as a Republican to the U.S.
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