John Thompson Brown enlisted on May 25, 1861 as a sergeant in Company A of the 20th Virginia Infantry. He was promoted and transferred on March 14, 1862, as 2nd lieutenant in Virginia's Parker's Light Artillery (Parker's Virginia Battery). He was taken prisoner at Marye's Heights (Fredericksburg, VA) on May 3, 1863 and wounded in the throat at Spotsylvania Court House (VA) on May 9, 1864. he was promoted to captain, and was taken prisoner again at Sailor's Creek, VA, on April 5, 1865.
After the war he became prominent in Richmond real estate, served as president of an electric railway line, served in the sate legislature, and was active in the Army of Northern Virginia veteran's group, achieving the rank in the organization of "lieutenant general," with an honorific title "general' which all of his obituaries include.he died April 23, 1921 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.
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