Birth name Knut Oscar Brundin Years of service 1848–1854
1861–1864 Service/branches Swedish Navy, Union Army | Allegiance Sweden
United States Awards D.D. 1877
LL.D. 1916 Commands held II Corps | |
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Born May 28, 1832
Uppsala, Sweden ( 1832-05-28 ) Rank Petty officer, RSN
Lieutenant colonel, USV
Brevet colonel, USV Battles/wars American Civil War
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Fair Oaks
Seven Days' Battles
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bristoe Station
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
Battle of Cold Harbor
Second Battle of Ream's Station. WIA Died 13 March 1922, Stockholm, Sweden Place of burial Norra begravningsplatsen, Solna Municipality, Sweden Unit 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Battles and wars American Civil War, Siege of Yorktown | ||
Oscar Broady (1832–1922), was a petty officer in the Swedish navy who emigrated to the United States, became a brigade commander during the Civil War, and returned to Sweden as a Baptist missionary and the first president of the Swedish Baptist Bethel Seminary.
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Early life
Broady was born in Uppsala, the son of a niterworker, went to school in Stockholm, and began clerking in a store at the age of 13. At age 16 he enlisted in the Swedish navy, becoming a petty officer in 1852, and married the same year. Two years later he and his wife decided to emigrate to the United States, but his wife died at sea. In New York Broady became a convinced Baptist, and enrolled at Madison University in New York State, today's Colgate University, where he pursued his studies at the same time as preaching to a local Baptist congregation. Broady graduated with a B.A. in 1861, and entered into his second marriage shortly thereafter.
Civil War
When the American Civil War began, the students at Madison University raised a volunteer company, and offered it to United States service. In September 1861 the company became Company C, 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and Broady became its captain. A year later Broady was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and in the spring of 1863 he became, as lieutenant colonel, commanding officer of the regiment. In the summer of 1864 Broady became, still a lieutenant colonel, a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac. A month later he was wounded in action at the Second Battle of Ream's Station, and had to leave his command. He was subsequently mustered out of United States, outside of Petersburg, Virginia. In 1865 Broady was brevetted colonel, United States Volunteers.
Baptist pioneer
In 1866 Broady returned to Sweden, under his American name, as a missionary in the service of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society of Boston. In Sweden he became the president of the Swedish Baptis Bethel Seminary, a predecessor of Stockholm School of Theology, a position he held until 1906. Broady held a number of positions of trust in the Swedish Baptist movement, and was an avid temperance advocate. In 1877 Madison University honored him with the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and in 1916 the degree of Legum Doctor was conferred of him by its successor, the Colgage University.