Ref: Civil War Soldiers – Howard Brown, 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery, Union, entered as 1st Sergeant and rose to rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
Ref: Stephan Bauer via internet – Daily Evening Gazette, Indianapolis, IN, 16 Apr. 1863, 2:3 – Deaths – At Harper's Ferry, VA, on Monday, April 13th, Lieut. Howard Brown of the (1) 7th Battery Indiana Artillery, and son of the late William J. Brown, aged 22 years, 5 months and 23 days.
Lieut. Brown had been in military service but little over a year. He joined the Army from no motive but that of duty to his country. Enlisting as a private soldier, he soon became, by his soldierly bearing and strict attention to details, and object for promotion. When the company officers of the Battery were selected, he could easily have been chosen a commissioned officer had he yielded to the wishes of the men, but he preferred to accept the position of (First Sergeant) Orderly Sergeant, which rank he held until December last, when a vacancy occurring, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy. At the time of his death, he was Ordinance Officer of the Battery, and as such won the confidence and esteem of his fellow officers and soldiers, and of his Commanding General. Possessed of a noble heart, manly disposition, and unassuming manners, he was beloved by all who knew him. His sudden and untimely death created a void in the family circle that never can be filled.
Ref: Stephen Bauer, Internet - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (1861-1865), W.H.H. Terrell, Vol. 3, pg. 429 - Howard Brown, 1st Sergeant, 17th Battery Indiana Light Artillery mustered in May 20, 1862 as First Sergeant, promoted to Second Lieutenant February 20, 1863, died of disease on April 13, 1863.
∼22y 11m 8d; See page in Crown HIll
Ref: Stephan Bauer via internet – Daily Evening Gazette, Indianapolis, IN, 16 Apr. 1863, 2:3 – Deaths – At Harper's Ferry, VA, on Monday, April 13th, Lieut. Howard Brown of the (1) 7th Battery Indiana Artillery, and son of the late William J. Brown, aged 22 years, 5 months and 23 days.
Lieut. Brown had been in military service but little over a year. He joined the Army from no motive but that of duty to his country. Enlisting as a private soldier, he soon became, by his soldierly bearing and strict attention to details, and object for promotion. When the company officers of the Battery were selected, he could easily have been chosen a commissioned officer had he yielded to the wishes of the men, but he preferred to accept the position of (First Sergeant) Orderly Sergeant, which rank he held until December last, when a vacancy occurring, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy. At the time of his death, he was Ordinance Officer of the Battery, and as such won the confidence and esteem of his fellow officers and soldiers, and of his Commanding General. Possessed of a noble heart, manly disposition, and unassuming manners, he was beloved by all who knew him. His sudden and untimely death created a void in the family circle that never can be filled.
Ref: Stephen Bauer, Internet - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (1861-1865), W.H.H. Terrell, Vol. 3, pg. 429 - Howard Brown, 1st Sergeant, 17th Battery Indiana Light Artillery mustered in May 20, 1862 as First Sergeant, promoted to Second Lieutenant February 20, 1863, died of disease on April 13, 1863.
∼22y 11m 8d; See page in Crown HIll
Ref: Civil War Soldiers – Howard Brown, 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery, Union, entered as 1st Sergeant and rose to rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
Ref: Stephan Bauer via internet – Daily Evening Gazette, Indianapolis, IN, 16 Apr. 1863, 2:3 – Deaths – At Harper's Ferry, VA, on Monday, April 13th, Lieut. Howard Brown of the (1) 7th Battery Indiana Artillery, and son of the late William J. Brown, aged 22 years, 5 months and 23 days.
Lieut. Brown had been in military service but little over a year. He joined the Army from no motive but that of duty to his country. Enlisting as a private soldier, he soon became, by his soldierly bearing and strict attention to details, and object for promotion. When the company officers of the Battery were selected, he could easily have been chosen a commissioned officer had he yielded to the wishes of the men, but he preferred to accept the position of (First Sergeant) Orderly Sergeant, which rank he held until December last, when a vacancy occurring, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy. At the time of his death, he was Ordinance Officer of the Battery, and as such won the confidence and esteem of his fellow officers and soldiers, and of his Commanding General. Possessed of a noble heart, manly disposition, and unassuming manners, he was beloved by all who knew him. His sudden and untimely death created a void in the family circle that never can be filled.
Ref: Stephen Bauer, Internet - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (1861-1865), W.H.H. Terrell, Vol. 3, pg. 429 - Howard Brown, 1st Sergeant, 17th Battery Indiana Light Artillery mustered in May 20, 1862 as First Sergeant, promoted to Second Lieutenant February 20, 1863, died of disease on April 13, 1863.
∼22y 11m 8d; See page in Crown HIll
Ref: Stephan Bauer via internet – Daily Evening Gazette, Indianapolis, IN, 16 Apr. 1863, 2:3 – Deaths – At Harper's Ferry, VA, on Monday, April 13th, Lieut. Howard Brown of the (1) 7th Battery Indiana Artillery, and son of the late William J. Brown, aged 22 years, 5 months and 23 days.
Lieut. Brown had been in military service but little over a year. He joined the Army from no motive but that of duty to his country. Enlisting as a private soldier, he soon became, by his soldierly bearing and strict attention to details, and object for promotion. When the company officers of the Battery were selected, he could easily have been chosen a commissioned officer had he yielded to the wishes of the men, but he preferred to accept the position of (First Sergeant) Orderly Sergeant, which rank he held until December last, when a vacancy occurring, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy. At the time of his death, he was Ordinance Officer of the Battery, and as such won the confidence and esteem of his fellow officers and soldiers, and of his Commanding General. Possessed of a noble heart, manly disposition, and unassuming manners, he was beloved by all who knew him. His sudden and untimely death created a void in the family circle that never can be filled.
Ref: Stephen Bauer, Internet - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (1861-1865), W.H.H. Terrell, Vol. 3, pg. 429 - Howard Brown, 1st Sergeant, 17th Battery Indiana Light Artillery mustered in May 20, 1862 as First Sergeant, promoted to Second Lieutenant February 20, 1863, died of disease on April 13, 1863.
∼22y 11m 8d; See page in Crown HIll
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