CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Co B 3rd Mich Cavalry
Brown, William, Resident of Dansville, Mich., enlisted in Jackson on Sept. 3,1862, for 3 years, age 33, mustered Sept 8, 1862. Discharged Nov. 7, 1865 at San Antonia, Texas.
History: In March, 1862, in the Mississippi River. The water at this place was extremly bad, and more sickness was contracted here than at any one period of the four and a half years' service of the regiment, the death rate being very heavy.
The regiment did efficient service in northern Mississippi and Tennessee during the winter of 1863.
They destroyed an immense amount of railroad stock, including 60 locomotives and nearly 500 cars. During the following months of the year, by continuous marches and fighting, it succeeded in driving from the country the notorious bands of guerrillas that had long infested that section. It met on several occasions the forces under Generals Forest and Chalmers, and severe engagements took place at Ripley, Orizaba and Ellistown,Miss., and at Purdy and Jack's Creek, Tenn.
Here it was employed in guarding the Mexican border, where it performed garrison duty and engaged in constant scouting. Its headquarters were at San Antonio, where General Sheridan was sent to command the military Department of the SW. This is where William mustered out.
Information taken from Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1864.
William immigrated from England in about 1850.
1880 US Census: William, age 52 and Sarah, age 50 are living in Ingham, Ingham, Michigan. A farm hand is living with them.
Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
Name: William Brown
Birth Date: abt 1825
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 24 May 1888
Death Place: Ingham County, Michigan
Death Age: 63
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number:975644
Co B 3rd Mich Cavalry
Brown, William, Resident of Dansville, Mich., enlisted in Jackson on Sept. 3,1862, for 3 years, age 33, mustered Sept 8, 1862. Discharged Nov. 7, 1865 at San Antonia, Texas.
History: In March, 1862, in the Mississippi River. The water at this place was extremly bad, and more sickness was contracted here than at any one period of the four and a half years' service of the regiment, the death rate being very heavy.
The regiment did efficient service in northern Mississippi and Tennessee during the winter of 1863.
They destroyed an immense amount of railroad stock, including 60 locomotives and nearly 500 cars. During the following months of the year, by continuous marches and fighting, it succeeded in driving from the country the notorious bands of guerrillas that had long infested that section. It met on several occasions the forces under Generals Forest and Chalmers, and severe engagements took place at Ripley, Orizaba and Ellistown,Miss., and at Purdy and Jack's Creek, Tenn.
Here it was employed in guarding the Mexican border, where it performed garrison duty and engaged in constant scouting. Its headquarters were at San Antonio, where General Sheridan was sent to command the military Department of the SW. This is where William mustered out.
Information taken from Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1864.
William immigrated from England in about 1850.
1880 US Census: William, age 52 and Sarah, age 50 are living in Ingham, Ingham, Michigan. A farm hand is living with them.
Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
Name: William Brown
Birth Date: abt 1825
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 24 May 1888
Death Place: Ingham County, Michigan
Death Age: 63
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number:975644
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Co B 3rd Mich Cavalry
Brown, William, Resident of Dansville, Mich., enlisted in Jackson on Sept. 3,1862, for 3 years, age 33, mustered Sept 8, 1862. Discharged Nov. 7, 1865 at San Antonia, Texas.
History: In March, 1862, in the Mississippi River. The water at this place was extremly bad, and more sickness was contracted here than at any one period of the four and a half years' service of the regiment, the death rate being very heavy.
The regiment did efficient service in northern Mississippi and Tennessee during the winter of 1863.
They destroyed an immense amount of railroad stock, including 60 locomotives and nearly 500 cars. During the following months of the year, by continuous marches and fighting, it succeeded in driving from the country the notorious bands of guerrillas that had long infested that section. It met on several occasions the forces under Generals Forest and Chalmers, and severe engagements took place at Ripley, Orizaba and Ellistown,Miss., and at Purdy and Jack's Creek, Tenn.
Here it was employed in guarding the Mexican border, where it performed garrison duty and engaged in constant scouting. Its headquarters were at San Antonio, where General Sheridan was sent to command the military Department of the SW. This is where William mustered out.
Information taken from Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1864.
William immigrated from England in about 1850.
1880 US Census: William, age 52 and Sarah, age 50 are living in Ingham, Ingham, Michigan. A farm hand is living with them.
Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
Name: William Brown
Birth Date: abt 1825
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 24 May 1888
Death Place: Ingham County, Michigan
Death Age: 63
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number:975644
Co B 3rd Mich Cavalry
Brown, William, Resident of Dansville, Mich., enlisted in Jackson on Sept. 3,1862, for 3 years, age 33, mustered Sept 8, 1862. Discharged Nov. 7, 1865 at San Antonia, Texas.
History: In March, 1862, in the Mississippi River. The water at this place was extremly bad, and more sickness was contracted here than at any one period of the four and a half years' service of the regiment, the death rate being very heavy.
The regiment did efficient service in northern Mississippi and Tennessee during the winter of 1863.
They destroyed an immense amount of railroad stock, including 60 locomotives and nearly 500 cars. During the following months of the year, by continuous marches and fighting, it succeeded in driving from the country the notorious bands of guerrillas that had long infested that section. It met on several occasions the forces under Generals Forest and Chalmers, and severe engagements took place at Ripley, Orizaba and Ellistown,Miss., and at Purdy and Jack's Creek, Tenn.
Here it was employed in guarding the Mexican border, where it performed garrison duty and engaged in constant scouting. Its headquarters were at San Antonio, where General Sheridan was sent to command the military Department of the SW. This is where William mustered out.
Information taken from Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1864.
William immigrated from England in about 1850.
1880 US Census: William, age 52 and Sarah, age 50 are living in Ingham, Ingham, Michigan. A farm hand is living with them.
Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
Name: William Brown
Birth Date: abt 1825
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 24 May 1888
Death Place: Ingham County, Michigan
Death Age: 63
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number:975644
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"William Brown / DIED / May 25, 1888 / AGED / 63 yrs.// Sarah / wife of / William Brown / DIED / Nov. 21, 1905 / AGED / 80 yrs." "AT REST"
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