Philip enlisted in the 33rd Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. He fought at Gettysburg. He was killed in action during the Battle at Lookout Mountain in Tennessee after being hit twice, once in the arm and then second in the heart. His body was buried and a wooden marker placed at the base of Lookout Mt.
Source: two newspaper clippings found on Ancestry
Source: two newspaper clippings found on Ancestry
Philip enlisted in the 33rd Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. He fought at Gettysburg. He was killed in action during the Battle at Lookout Mountain in Tennessee after being hit twice, once in the arm and then second in the heart. His body was buried and a wooden marker placed at the base of Lookout Mt.
Source: two newspaper clippings found on Ancestry
Source: two newspaper clippings found on Ancestry
Inscription
PHILIP OSBORN,
son of
GEORGE C. & NANCY R. BUXTON
Born . . .
(the rest is illegible)
Gravesite Details
His body was buried in Tennessee, so this stone is either a memorial or his body may have been exhumed later and reburied here as was often done during and after the Civil War.
