Isaac S. Brown lost a thumb during at Vicksburg and died of blood poisoning. Born 7 Feb 1810 in Daviess Co., KY. Married Catherine E. Hay, daughter of John and Amy Hay, 7 Feb 1832 in Herkimer Co., NY. Resident of Greene Co., Illinois and Pike Co., Illinois. Tombstone erected by wife Catherine and son William M. Brown in March of 1869.
This account of Isaac S. Brown was included in a biography about his son William M. Brown that was published in The Past and Present of Pike Co., Illinois:
Isaac S. Brown "went to the war, becoming a member of a company of the Ninety-ninth Illinois Regiment commanded by Captain J. G. Johnson. He served for three years as wagon master and was killed in the siege of Vicksburg on the 22nd of May, 1863. There was a very sad incident in connection with his death. In the heat of battle he heard the Masonic cry for help from one of his comrades and facing almost certain death amidst a hail of bullets, he picked up his comrade and while carrying him off the field away from danger a bullet passed through his comrade's body, killing him, and entered Mr. Brown's thumb, passing out through the hand. This occasioned blood poisoning, which caused Mr. Brown's death a few days later. At his request his remains were interred upon the battle-field but were afterward removed to the National Soldier's Cemetery at Vicksburg. In March, 1869, William M. Brown, accompanied by his mother, made a pilgrimage to Vicksburg to discover his father's grave and place a monument over it. They had no trouble in finding the place of interment, which was on the topmost circle, he being the eighth soldier buried in the beautiful Union Soldier's National Cemetery at that place. The monument was erected according to the plans and after performing this act of love and duty over the grave of husband and father they returned home."
Cenotaph here
This account of Isaac S. Brown was included in a biography about his son William M. Brown that was published in The Past and Present of Pike Co., Illinois:
Isaac S. Brown "went to the war, becoming a member of a company of the Ninety-ninth Illinois Regiment commanded by Captain J. G. Johnson. He served for three years as wagon master and was killed in the siege of Vicksburg on the 22nd of May, 1863. There was a very sad incident in connection with his death. In the heat of battle he heard the Masonic cry for help from one of his comrades and facing almost certain death amidst a hail of bullets, he picked up his comrade and while carrying him off the field away from danger a bullet passed through his comrade's body, killing him, and entered Mr. Brown's thumb, passing out through the hand. This occasioned blood poisoning, which caused Mr. Brown's death a few days later. At his request his remains were interred upon the battle-field but were afterward removed to the National Soldier's Cemetery at Vicksburg. In March, 1869, William M. Brown, accompanied by his mother, made a pilgrimage to Vicksburg to discover his father's grave and place a monument over it. They had no trouble in finding the place of interment, which was on the topmost circle, he being the eighth soldier buried in the beautiful Union Soldier's National Cemetery at that place. The monument was erected according to the plans and after performing this act of love and duty over the grave of husband and father they returned home."
Cenotaph here
Isaac S. Brown lost a thumb during at Vicksburg and died of blood poisoning. Born 7 Feb 1810 in Daviess Co., KY. Married Catherine E. Hay, daughter of John and Amy Hay, 7 Feb 1832 in Herkimer Co., NY. Resident of Greene Co., Illinois and Pike Co., Illinois. Tombstone erected by wife Catherine and son William M. Brown in March of 1869.
This account of Isaac S. Brown was included in a biography about his son William M. Brown that was published in The Past and Present of Pike Co., Illinois:
Isaac S. Brown "went to the war, becoming a member of a company of the Ninety-ninth Illinois Regiment commanded by Captain J. G. Johnson. He served for three years as wagon master and was killed in the siege of Vicksburg on the 22nd of May, 1863. There was a very sad incident in connection with his death. In the heat of battle he heard the Masonic cry for help from one of his comrades and facing almost certain death amidst a hail of bullets, he picked up his comrade and while carrying him off the field away from danger a bullet passed through his comrade's body, killing him, and entered Mr. Brown's thumb, passing out through the hand. This occasioned blood poisoning, which caused Mr. Brown's death a few days later. At his request his remains were interred upon the battle-field but were afterward removed to the National Soldier's Cemetery at Vicksburg. In March, 1869, William M. Brown, accompanied by his mother, made a pilgrimage to Vicksburg to discover his father's grave and place a monument over it. They had no trouble in finding the place of interment, which was on the topmost circle, he being the eighth soldier buried in the beautiful Union Soldier's National Cemetery at that place. The monument was erected according to the plans and after performing this act of love and duty over the grave of husband and father they returned home."
Cenotaph here
This account of Isaac S. Brown was included in a biography about his son William M. Brown that was published in The Past and Present of Pike Co., Illinois:
Isaac S. Brown "went to the war, becoming a member of a company of the Ninety-ninth Illinois Regiment commanded by Captain J. G. Johnson. He served for three years as wagon master and was killed in the siege of Vicksburg on the 22nd of May, 1863. There was a very sad incident in connection with his death. In the heat of battle he heard the Masonic cry for help from one of his comrades and facing almost certain death amidst a hail of bullets, he picked up his comrade and while carrying him off the field away from danger a bullet passed through his comrade's body, killing him, and entered Mr. Brown's thumb, passing out through the hand. This occasioned blood poisoning, which caused Mr. Brown's death a few days later. At his request his remains were interred upon the battle-field but were afterward removed to the National Soldier's Cemetery at Vicksburg. In March, 1869, William M. Brown, accompanied by his mother, made a pilgrimage to Vicksburg to discover his father's grave and place a monument over it. They had no trouble in finding the place of interment, which was on the topmost circle, he being the eighth soldier buried in the beautiful Union Soldier's National Cemetery at that place. The monument was erected according to the plans and after performing this act of love and duty over the grave of husband and father they returned home."
Cenotaph here
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Isaac S. Brown
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Co I 99th Reg ILL Vol
Wounded at Vicksburg
May 22, 1863
Died
May 27, 1863
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