Benjamin A. Boseman

Benjamin Antony Boseman Jr. (July 30, 1840 – February 23, 1881), sometimes misspelled Bozeman, was an African-American physician and state legislator.

He was born in Troy, New York, son of Benjamin and Annaretta Boseman, the oldest of five children.

[1] He studied in the Preparatory (high school) Division of New York Central College from 1854 to 1856.

Stationed at Camp Foster, Hilton Head, South Carolina, he treated sick and wounded soldiers, and medically examined prospective recruits.

[9][5]: 351 In 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Boseman the first Black postmaster of Charleston.