Career
He was honored with the award on 13 February 1865. Brown was born in New Brunswick in 1834. He initially joined the 5th Massachusetts Infantry from Charlestown, Massachusetts in April 1861, mustering out the following July.
He joined the 36th Massachusetts Infantry as a Sergeant in July 1862.
In August 1863, he was commissioned as a Captain with the 12th Kentucky Infantry, and mustered out with this regiment in July 1865. Brown was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
