Joseph Brown (USS Thistle)
Joseph Brown was born around 1845 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and worked as a laborer before the war. He enlisted in the Union navy on September 18, 1863, at Skipwith's Landing in Isaqueena County, Mississippi, for a period of three years. Officials listed his race as "black" in the naval records and gave him the rating of landsman. He served aboard the USS Thistle, a swift gunboat in the Mississippi Squadron, from October 1, 1862, until her decommission on August 12, 1865. Brown served aboard the ship while she was engaged in dispatch and reconnaissance duty along the Mississippi River. He disappeared from the historical record after leaving the navy.
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Name: | Brown, Joseph |
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Gender: | M |
Race: | Black |
Regiment/Ship: |
Regiment | Company |
U.S.S. Thistle | |
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Branch of service: | Navy |
Enlistment/Muster: |
Type | Date | Place | Accepted/Rejected | Age | Status | Reason |
Enlistment | 1863-09-18 | Skipwith's Landing Issaquena County, MS | accepted | 18 | Unknown | |
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Rank In: | Landsman |
Rank Out: | Landsman |
Highest rank achieved: | Landsman |
Pensions: |
Person 1 | Person 2 | Number | Relation Type |
Brown, Joseph | | none | application-invalid |
Brown, Joseph | | none | application-minor |
Brown, Joseph | | none | application-parent |
Brown, Joseph | | none | application-widow |
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Birth date: | 1845 |
Birth date certainty: | About |
Birth place: | Albemarle County, VA |
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Occupations: | Laborer |