| Embury D. Osband | |
| Birth Date: | June 6, 1832 |
| Death Date: | October 4, 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Ontario County, New York |
| Death Place: | Yazoo County, Mississippi |
| Placeofburial: | Vicksburg National Cemetery |
| Allegiance: |  Union |
| Branch: | Union Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1861–1865 |
| Rank: | Colonel Brevet Brigadier General |
| Commands: | 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment 3rd Bde, Cavalry Div, Dist. of West Tenn. |
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Embury D. Osband (June 6, 1832 – October 4, 1866) became the commanding officer of the 3rd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War. Born in New York, he became a teacher and then started a company that provided books to schools. In 1856, he married and moved to Chicago. When the American Civil War broke out, he raised a company of the 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment and became its captain. In 1863, he was appointed colonel of a new regiment composed of African-American former slaves. He led the regiment and later a cavalry brigade in Grierson's 1864–65 Raid. He received the brevet rank of brigadier general for war service. After the war he became a farmer in Mississippi but died in 1866.
. Mark M. Boatner III . The Civil War Dictionary . 1959 . David McKay Company Inc. . New York, N.Y. . 0-679-50013-8 .