Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!
Brown, Augustus C.
- Maryland, United States
Military Information:
- Deceased
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- Civil War CSA
- 1-Alpha List
- Confederate States Army
- Cemetery: Western Heights, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Dates of Service 1:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Dates of Service 2:
Service Start Date: NA Service End Date: NA
Bio:
Born 1833 in Maryland
Died 1893 in Dallas (aged 59)
Brown was a Civil War veteran and served in the Confederate Army as a member of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment. Sometime after the war he continued his military service, this time with the U.S. Army’s 9th Cavalry Regiment, Company B and was stationed at Ringgold Barracks (later Fort Ringgold) in Rio Grande City, Texas. Brown was one of the few white soldiers assigned to the famous Buffalo Soldiers regiment as an officer tasked with training duties.
Brown died in 1893 at the age of 59. His wife Emma Wood Brown is buried here, but their seven adult children are buried in other Dallas cemeteries.
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