"Winchester Dana Osgood" was a prominent American college athlete in the late 1800s at both Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania. Osgood volunteered for the Cuban forces during Cuba’s fight for Independence from Spain. He was commissioned a major in artillery in Cuban Army and was killed in combat. Wikipedia
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