Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Charles
E.
Brown
December 11, 1841

–

February 20, 1919

Cemetery:

Union Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    50th Pennsylvania Infantry

    Action Date:

    August 19, 1864
    Date of Issue: December 1, 1864

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Charles E. Brown, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 August 1864, while serving with Company C, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, for capture of flag of 47th Virginia Infantry (Confederate States of America).