PVT, CO C, 29th REG, VA INF, CSA.
Archibald was the son of Burwell & Mary Florence Henderson Osborne. He married Zilphia Jane Stone, the daughter of James & Prudence Porter Stone, on January 6, 1852 in Ashe County, North Carolina. The couple were the parents of Martha A., Eliza J., Joseph Kennedy and Archibald F. Osborne and were living in Carroll County, Virginia, when the Civil War broke out.
A.F. enlisted and was away from home for the duration of the war. He enlisted in with the "Carroll County boys," and became a sharpshooter with the Confederacy. He was shot and captured near the Kentucky border in 1864, and spent nearly a year in Camp Douglas, in Chicago, IL. Company C began with around 800 soldiers and officers. By the time of his capture, there were 27 left.
Following the war, he returned home to his family. Their son Ulysses Grant, were born in Virginia, The family relocated to Johnson County, Tennessee where Charles Thomas, Laura M., Sarah K. and Callie Margaret Osborne were born. Archie & Zilphia then moved their family to Scott County, Virginia where the couple spent the remainder of their lives.
A.F. earned his living by farming his own land, towards the end of his life. He purchased a large acreage, along with son Charles Thomas, in 1900. Before that, he was a tenant farmer and miner.
He had been ill for several years and passed away, at his home. There was no attending physician, but the family felt that his death was due to the effects of paralysis.
The Osborne Cemetery, where Archibald and Zilphia are buried, no longer exists.
Archibald was the son of Burwell & Mary Florence Henderson Osborne. He married Zilphia Jane Stone, the daughter of James & Prudence Porter Stone, on January 6, 1852 in Ashe County, North Carolina. The couple were the parents of Martha A., Eliza J., Joseph Kennedy and Archibald F. Osborne and were living in Carroll County, Virginia, when the Civil War broke out.
A.F. enlisted and was away from home for the duration of the war. He enlisted in with the "Carroll County boys," and became a sharpshooter with the Confederacy. He was shot and captured near the Kentucky border in 1864, and spent nearly a year in Camp Douglas, in Chicago, IL. Company C began with around 800 soldiers and officers. By the time of his capture, there were 27 left.
Following the war, he returned home to his family. Their son Ulysses Grant, were born in Virginia, The family relocated to Johnson County, Tennessee where Charles Thomas, Laura M., Sarah K. and Callie Margaret Osborne were born. Archie & Zilphia then moved their family to Scott County, Virginia where the couple spent the remainder of their lives.
A.F. earned his living by farming his own land, towards the end of his life. He purchased a large acreage, along with son Charles Thomas, in 1900. Before that, he was a tenant farmer and miner.
He had been ill for several years and passed away, at his home. There was no attending physician, but the family felt that his death was due to the effects of paralysis.
The Osborne Cemetery, where Archibald and Zilphia are buried, no longer exists.
PVT, CO C, 29th REG, VA INF, CSA.
Archibald was the son of Burwell & Mary Florence Henderson Osborne. He married Zilphia Jane Stone, the daughter of James & Prudence Porter Stone, on January 6, 1852 in Ashe County, North Carolina. The couple were the parents of Martha A., Eliza J., Joseph Kennedy and Archibald F. Osborne and were living in Carroll County, Virginia, when the Civil War broke out.
A.F. enlisted and was away from home for the duration of the war. He enlisted in with the "Carroll County boys," and became a sharpshooter with the Confederacy. He was shot and captured near the Kentucky border in 1864, and spent nearly a year in Camp Douglas, in Chicago, IL. Company C began with around 800 soldiers and officers. By the time of his capture, there were 27 left.
Following the war, he returned home to his family. Their son Ulysses Grant, were born in Virginia, The family relocated to Johnson County, Tennessee where Charles Thomas, Laura M., Sarah K. and Callie Margaret Osborne were born. Archie & Zilphia then moved their family to Scott County, Virginia where the couple spent the remainder of their lives.
A.F. earned his living by farming his own land, towards the end of his life. He purchased a large acreage, along with son Charles Thomas, in 1900. Before that, he was a tenant farmer and miner.
He had been ill for several years and passed away, at his home. There was no attending physician, but the family felt that his death was due to the effects of paralysis.
The Osborne Cemetery, where Archibald and Zilphia are buried, no longer exists.
Archibald was the son of Burwell & Mary Florence Henderson Osborne. He married Zilphia Jane Stone, the daughter of James & Prudence Porter Stone, on January 6, 1852 in Ashe County, North Carolina. The couple were the parents of Martha A., Eliza J., Joseph Kennedy and Archibald F. Osborne and were living in Carroll County, Virginia, when the Civil War broke out.
A.F. enlisted and was away from home for the duration of the war. He enlisted in with the "Carroll County boys," and became a sharpshooter with the Confederacy. He was shot and captured near the Kentucky border in 1864, and spent nearly a year in Camp Douglas, in Chicago, IL. Company C began with around 800 soldiers and officers. By the time of his capture, there were 27 left.
Following the war, he returned home to his family. Their son Ulysses Grant, were born in Virginia, The family relocated to Johnson County, Tennessee where Charles Thomas, Laura M., Sarah K. and Callie Margaret Osborne were born. Archie & Zilphia then moved their family to Scott County, Virginia where the couple spent the remainder of their lives.
A.F. earned his living by farming his own land, towards the end of his life. He purchased a large acreage, along with son Charles Thomas, in 1900. Before that, he was a tenant farmer and miner.
He had been ill for several years and passed away, at his home. There was no attending physician, but the family felt that his death was due to the effects of paralysis.
The Osborne Cemetery, where Archibald and Zilphia are buried, no longer exists.
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