Oscar Broady

Oscar Broady
Birth nameKnut Oscar Brundin
Nickname(s)Knut Oscar Broady, K. O. Broady
Born(1832-05-28)May 28, 1832
Uppsala, Sweden
DiedMarch 13, 1922(1922-03-13) (aged 89)
Stockholm, Sweden
Place of burial
AllegianceSweden
United States
BranchRoyal Swedish Navy
Union Army
Years of service1848–1854
1861–1864
RankPetty officer, RSN
Lieutenant colonel, USV
Brevet colonel, USV
Unit61st New York Vols. Inf.
CommandsFourth Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
AwardsD.D. 1877
LL.D. 1916

Oscar Broady (May 28, 1832 – March 13, 1922) was a petty officer in the Swedish navy who emigrated to the United States. During the Civil War he rose to the command of a brigade in the Union Army. After returning to Sweden as a Baptist missionary, he became the first president of the Swedish Baptist Bethel Seminary.