Brown enlisted as a sergeant in Captain Sandford's cavalry company, which later became Co. C of the 9th VA Cavalry, on Dec. 24, 1861. He was taken prisoner on April 3, 1865 at Amelia Court House, Va and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD. He took the oath of allegiance on June 11, 1865 and was released.
After the war, he returned to farming in Westmoreland County, VA. Brown died on May 1, 1887 in Montross, Westmoreland County, VA.
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