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Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Sgt. John H. Brown, 47th Ohio Infantry
born - 1842 died - August 7, 1898
He served as a Captain in the Union Army.
CITATION:
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 47th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 19 May 1863. Entered service at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 24 August 1896. Citation: Voluntarily carried a verbal message from Col. A. C. Parry to Gen. Hugh Ewing through a terrific fire and in plain view of the enemy.
Courtesy of Find A Grave
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