January 24, 1900 Wilson Brown, Medal of Honor recipient, died. Brown was born in 1841 in Natchez, Mississippi. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Navy and was assigned as a landsman to the USS Hartford.
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Wilson Brown – January 24th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on January 24, 2014 in African American History, January, Military
Tags: August 5, December 31, January 24, Medal of Honor, Navy
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