Hugh Gibson Brown
Hugh Gibson Brown was born on December 29, 1835, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, to Hugh Brown and Mary Gibson. He eventually moved to Keosauqua, Iowa, and the 1860 census listed him as a student. On December 1, 1861, he received a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in Company E of the 15th Iowa Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, and the Vicksburg campaign. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on July 9, 1862. Then, on August 28, 1863, he was promoted to captain and became aide-de-camp to General Edward Ord. He was breveted a major on September 29, 1864, and then breveted a lieutenant colonel on March 31, 1865. He mustered out on July 10, 1866.
 
Later that year, Brown received a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Regular Army. He spent the next three decades in the 36th U.S. Infantry and the 12th U.S. Infantry, eventually becoming a major. He retired in May 1899. He returned to Keosauqua after leaving the army, and he died there of heart disease on November 30, 1901.
1898
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(1898)Brown, Hugh Gibson1835-12-291901-11-30
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Rank out: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Rank highest: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 9

  • (6180) [writer] ~ Napoleon J. T. Dana to Thomas E. G. Ransom, 25 January 1864
  • (6181) [writer] ~ Napoleon J. T. Dana to William P. Benton, 28 January 1864
  • (6194) [writer] ~ Hugh G. Brown to Fitz H. Warren, 1 March 1864
  • (7862) [writer] ~ Hugh G. Brown to William P. Benton, 18 January 1864
  • (7864) [writer] ~ Hugh G. Brown to William P. Benton, 23 January 1864
  • (7867) [writer] ~ Napoleon J. T. Dana to Charles B. White, 25 January 1864
  • (7871) [recipient] ~ (?) Wilson to Hugh G. Brown, 27 January 1864
  • (7876) [writer] ~ Hugh G. Brown to Fitz H. Warren, 9 February 1864
  • (7903) [writer] ~ Hugh G. Brown to John C. Cobb, 28 February 1864

Places - Records: 2

  • (1512) [birth] ~ Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
  • (1511) [death] ~ Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (589) [officer] ~ 15th Iowa Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (6) [member/supporter] ~ Grand Army of the Republic
SOURCES

1860 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, ca. 1866-ca.1950, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, available from Ancestry.com; Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 30 November 1901.