Isaac Brown

Isaac Newton Brown (May 27, 1817 – September 1, 1889) was a naval officer in both the United States Navy and the Confederate States Navy.

For other people of the same name, see Isaac Brown (disambiguation).
Isaac Newton Brown
A drawing of Brown, from a photograph
Born(1817-05-27)May 27, 1817
DiedSeptember 1, 1889(1889-09-01) (aged 72)
Buried
Oakwood cemetery, Corsicana, Texas
Allegiance United States of America
 Confederate States of America
Branch United States Navy
 Confederate States Navy
Rank Lieutenant (USN)
Commander (CSN)
Commands heldCSS Arkansas
CSS Charleston
Battles/warsMexican-American war
American Civil War

Isaac N. Brown was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, but spent part of his later youth in western Tennessee. In March 1834, shortly after his father died, he joined the United States Navy as a midshipman. He received a commission as a lieutenant in 1846 and later participated in the Mexican–American War. He married, owned property on the Mississippi 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 the Mississippi River region by the Confederate Naval Department. In May 1862 he was ordered to Yazoo 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 Union blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 15, 1862.

Brown was promoted to commander in August 1862 in recognition of his bold and audacious actions at Vicksburg. Commander Brown served as captain of the ironclad CSS Charleston, which operated in defense of Charleston, South Carolina, during 1863–1865.

At the end of the Civil War, Brown took up farming in Mississippi and later moved to Texas. He died at Corsicana, Texas, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans awarded their Confederate Medal of Honor, started in 1977, to Brown for his distinguished service.[1]

  • Brown's grave at Oakwood Cemetery
  • The S.C.V. Marker at Brown's grave

References
  1. Staff Reports (July 13, 2012). "Saturday ceremony to honor Confederate officer". Corsicana Daily Sun. Retrieved 27 January 2019.


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