- Isaac N. Brown
Isaac Newton Brown (
May 27 ,1817 –September 1 ,1889 ) was a naval officer in both theUnited States Navy and theConfederate States Navy . He received the Confederate Medal of Honor for his distinguished service during theAmerican Civil War .Isaac N. Brown was born in
Caldwell County, Kentucky , but spent part of his later youth in westernTennessee . In March 1834, shortly after his father died, he joined the United States Navy as amidshipman . He received a commission as alieutenant in 1846 and later participated in theMexican-American War . He married, owned property on theMississippi Delta , and had three sons. He remained in the Navy and made several trips around the world on various ships.Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, he resigned his commission. In June, he accepted a commission as a
lieutenant in the fledgling Confederate States Navy. Brown was assigned to theMississippi River region by the Confederate Naval Department. In May 1862 he was ordered toYazoo City, Mississippi , to take command of the unfinished ironclad CSS "Arkansas" and complete her construction in the worst of conditions. After successfully accomplishing this difficult task, Brown commanded her dramatic breaking of the Federalnaval blockade ofVicksburg, Mississippi , onJuly 15 ,1862 .Brown was promoted to
commander in August 1862 in recognition of his bold and audacious actions at Vicksburg. He was named captain of the ironclad CSS "Charleston", which operated in defense ofCharleston, South Carolina , during 1863–1865.At the end of the Civil War, Brown took up farming in
Mississippi and later moved toTexas . He died atCorsicana, Texas , and was buried there.References
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/biographies/b/brown_isaac_newton.htm Isaac Newton Brown biography]
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