Early Life
Born in Abbeville District, South Carolina on April 16, 1798. On May 20, 1818, Oswald received an appointment to attend West Point Military Academy, following his December 15, 1817 letter to the War Department. However, it is uncertain whether he actually attended the Academy. He served as the Captain of Artillery in South Carolina. He married Sarah Saxon in 1819 and upon her death he married Anna Eliza Shaw in 1821.
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