Edwin A. Brown

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Edwin A. Brown was a Captain of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company E.

Antebellum

  • Republican[1]
  • "Fond du Lac attorney and young father"[2]

War Career

  • Enlisted on ? in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company E
  • Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on June 15, 1861
  • Promoted to Captain on September 18, 1861
  • Killed in action on September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam

Postwar Career

Family

Notes

  1. Dawes, 32.
  2. Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 7.

Sources

Other Sources

  • Letters, Institute for Civil War Studies, Civil War Museum, Kenosha, WI