The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

BROWN, JOHN H.

Rank and Organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 47th Ohio Infantry. Place and Date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 19 May 1863. Entered Service At: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of Issue: 24 August 1896.

Citation:

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.

 

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