Captain John Harties Brown (1834 to January 30, 1905
) was a
Canadian soldier who fought in the
American Civil War. Brown received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the
Medal of Honor, for his action during the
Second Battle of Franklin in
Tennessee on 30 November 1864. He was honored with the award on 13 February 1865.
Biography
John Brown was born in
New Brunswick in 1834. He initially joined the 5th Massachusetts Infantry from
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Originally called Mishawum by the Massachusett tribe, it is located on a peninsula north of the Charles River, across from downtown Boston, and also adjoins t ...
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.
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, Vol VI
/ref> John Brown was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Medal of Honor citation
See also
* List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F
References
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1834 births
1905 deaths
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Canadian-born Medal of Honor recipients
Pre-Confederation Canadian emigrants to the United States
People from New Brunswick
People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor