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Wilson
W.
Brown
POW (Civil War)
December 25, 1837

–

February 25, 1916

Cemetery:

New Bellville Ridge Cemetery

In the years after the war, Wilson Brown remained friends with fellow raider Jacob Parrott. Edith Gertrude Brown, one of his eight children, subsequently married Jacob Parrott’s only son, John Marion Parrott. In the 1950s Disney Studios released the movie “The Great Locomotive Chase” to herald the exploits of the Andrews Raid.

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Division:

    21st Ohio Infantry

    Action Date:

    April, 1862
    Date of Issue: September 1863

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Wilson W. Brown, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on April, 1862, while serving with Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry, in action during the Andrew’s Raid in Georgia. Private Brown was one of the 19 of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.