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LTC John Mackey Brown

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LTC John Mackey Brown

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25 Jul 1864 (aged 25)
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Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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John M. Brown (CSA) was a Lt. Col. in a Georgia militia unit known as the Georgia State Line. He was also the brother of Governor Joseph E. Brown. As the Federal Army began creeping closer to Atlanta, militia units such as his were activated to help defend the city and plug holes in the Confederate line. During the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, he is severely wounded. Carried off to the governor's mansion in Milledgeville, he succumbs to his wounds on July 25th.

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
John M. Brown (CSA) was a Lt. Col. in a Georgia militia unit known as the Georgia State Line. He was also the brother of Governor Joseph E. Brown. As the Federal Army began creeping closer to Atlanta, militia units such as his were activated to help defend the city and plug holes in the Confederate line. During the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, he is severely wounded. Carried off to the governor's mansion in Milledgeville, he succumbs to his wounds on July 25th.

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

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Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Georgia State Troopers, CSA

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