Medal of Honor
May 19, 1863
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- First Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 47th Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily carried a verbal message from Col. A. C. Parry to Gen. Hugh Ewing through a terrific fire and in plain view of the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Brown — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003251
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 3162f0cf4f28a63515fef300da0a091f4ba31b61a12f7f1422db9c3ad5007a6c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Controlled same-name resolution: the Army first sergeant of Company A, 47th Ohio Infantry at Vicksburg is distinct from John Harties Brown and the two Navy recipients named John Brown.