From the Milledgeville Southern Recorder, August 3, 1864, p.2:
DEATH OF LT.COL. BROWN.
In the battle near Atlanta on 22d. Ult., Lieut.Col. JOHN M. BROWN, was severely wounded and was brought to the Executive Mansion in this city., where he died on Monday. This is the second brother which the Governor of Georgia has lost in the present war.
We learn that Col. Brown was about twenty-five years of age, and was a gallant officer. He had been wounded at Resaca, and though suffering, would not be separated from his regiment, the command of which devolved on him in the late engagement where he received his death wound.
The funeral service took place at the Executive Mansion on Tuesday afternoon, and were led by the Rev. S.E. Brooks of the Baptist Church, who was assisted at the grave by the Rev. Wm. Flinn of the Presbyterian Church. A large procession of citizens and visitors followed the remains to the cemetery. The venerable father of the deceased was present in the group of mourners.
Note: the tombstone at Memory Hill Cemetry in Milledgeville has this inscription:
C.S.A.
JNO. M. BROWN
LIEUT.COL. 2ND REGT.
STATE TROOPS
From the Milledgeville Southern Recorder, August 3, 1864, p.2:
DEATH OF LT.COL. BROWN.
In the battle near Atlanta on 22d. Ult., Lieut.Col. JOHN M. BROWN, was severely wounded and was brought to the Executive Mansion in this city., where he died on Monday. This is the second brother which the Governor of Georgia has lost in the present war.
We learn that Col. Brown was about twenty-five years of age, and was a gallant officer. He had been wounded at Resaca, and though suffering, would not be separated from his regiment, the command of which devolved on him in the late engagement where he received his death wound.
The funeral service took place at the Executive Mansion on Tuesday afternoon, and were led by the Rev. S.E. Brooks of the Baptist Church, who was assisted at the grave by the Rev. Wm. Flinn of the Presbyterian Church. A large procession of citizens and visitors followed the remains to the cemetery. The venerable father of the deceased was present in the group of mourners.
Note: the tombstone at Memory Hill Cemetry in Milledgeville has this inscription:
C.S.A.
JNO. M. BROWN
LIEUT.COL. 2ND REGT.
STATE TROOPS
Gravesite Details
Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Georgia State Troopers, CSA
Family Members
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Joseph Emerson Brown
1821–1894
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Mary Elizabeth Brown Watkins
1824–1915
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Eliza Edna Brown Turner
1825–1891
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James Rice Brown
1827–1915
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Dr William Caroll Brown
1829–1884
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Dr Aaron Pleasant Brown
1832–1891
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Nancy Verlinda Brown Lay
1833–1881
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Sallie Melissa Brown Boston
1837–1911
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George Washington Marion Brown
1841–1861
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