Brown, Wilson
Landsman, USN, (1841-1900)
Wilson Brown was born in 1841 in Natchez, Mississippi. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy from that state and served as a Landsman on board USS Hartford during the United States Civil War. On 5 August 1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, Brown "zealously" performed his duties despite intense enemy shell fire that killed and wounded most of those around him. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct in that action. Wilson Brown died on 24 January 1900 and is buried in the National Cemetery at Natchez, Mississippi.
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