behind AotW

John Smith Brown was wounded at least 4 times during the war, including at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862. He was promoted to Sergeant in Company C, 7th South Carolina Infantry in 1864 and was surrendered at Goldsboro, NC in April 1865.

Here are Brown and his wife Harriet Tabitha long after the war. They married about 1875 and had 6 children by 1891. Their photographs were contributed to their respective Findagrave memorials by Carol Hoch from the collection of Pete Julian.