Lieutenant Augustus B. Brown 41st Ohio

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Lieutenant Augustus B. Brown 41st Ohio Infantry I am trying to find out why he was dishonorably dismissed from the service.

[Robert Van]

i  could only locate a second lieutenant timothy d. brown who served with company g, under remarks it says he resigned on december 21, 1862.

 

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[Robert Van]

also found an augustus a. brown served with the 71st ohio as an officer.

[Martin Stewart]

Good afternoon:

 

Below from my Chapter 6 of my book:

 

The Tennessee newspapers report an unusual story.  Augustus A. Brown, who was promoted to 1^st Lieutenant and Adjutant of Company C, was in Nashville on May 24, 1864 where he signed his Oath of Office.  That very same day, he became highly intoxicated and began to wander the streets of Nashville insulting and threatening people that he met on the street.  Approaching the home of the Military Governor, Brigadier General Andrew Johnson, he demanded whiskey from the Governor’s servant.  Hearing the commotion, Governor Johnson came out of the house and ordered Brown off of the premises and expressed his contempt for an Officer in such a condition.  Lieutenant Brown then drew his pistol and fired at the Governor, the ball missing its target but tearing the Governor’s coat.  At this point, the Governor struck Lieutenant Brown to the ground and called the authorities to haul Brown off to jail. (8)  Andrew Johnson, of course, would become Vice President the following year and the Nation’s 17^th President after Lincoln’s assassination.  Brown had enlisted in Cincinnati as a Private in Company K. and moved up through the ranks rapidly - he was a Sergeant Major when he was captured at Shiloh.  He spent over six months in a Confederate Prison Camp before being paroled on October 19, 1862 at Aikens Landing, Virginia.  After his Nashville arrest, Lieutenant Brown’s military records show that he was not taken to jail, but rather he was lodged in the Nashville City Hotel at his own expense.  Apparently he was not under guard, not required to report to anyone, and he could move about the City as he wished.  On July 22, after his military trial was held, but before a verdict was announced, Lieutenant Brown petitioned the Nashville Provost Marshall to allow him to return to his Regiment and there to serve until he was sentenced.  His request was granted on August 13, 1864 and it is possible that Brown returned to the 71^st OVI, then stationed at Decherd, Tennessee.  By September 13, Lieutenant Brown was back at Nashville where he was found guilty of all charges, dishonorably dismissed from the Army, ordered to forfeit all pay and allowances from May 24 onward, and sentenced to three years hard labor in the Nashville Penitentiary. 

Brown only served about four months of that sentence.  On January, 23, 1865, President Lincoln commuted the remaining part of Brown’s sentence.   It is possible that Lieutenant Brown rejoined his regiment in some capacity as he is listed on the Muster-Out Roll dated Nov. 30, 1865. 

 

Martin Stewart 

Troy, Ohio  

 

Author "Redemption The History of the 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War"