William (S. or L.) Brown

Private, Company B, 6th Iowa Infantry

Son of Rev. Ziba Brown (Chaplin of the 5th Iowa Cavalry) & Jane B. Coffee, he was born between 1840 & 1841 in Indiana. In 1855 & 1860 he was living with is parents in Liberty & Freemont Townships (respectively), Clarke County, Iowa, but when he, at age 20, enlisted in Company B of the 6th Iowa Infantry on July 1, 1861 he listed his residence as Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa. He was mustered in on July 17th, 1861.

He was wounded severly in the left arm at the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi on July 16, 1863 and was consequently discharged due to his wounds November 3, 1863 at St. Louis, Missouri

Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers During the War of the Rebellion, Vol. 1, p. 802; Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System; The History of Union County, Ohio (1883), p. 578; 1855 Iowa Sate Census, for Liberty Twsp., Clarke Co., IA; 1860 Federal Census for Freemont Twsp., Clarke Co., IA

See Blog Entry:
A Private Letter From W. S. Brown, of the 6th Iowa Infantry