Bio: Charles E. Brown, Schuylkill County, PA

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                               CHARLES E. BROWN

	The office of the Adjutant General of the United States says that
Charles E. Brown was issued the Congressional Medal of Honor 1 December, 
1864, for meritorious conduct at Weldon Railraod, Virginia, 19 August, 
1864, while serving as a sergeant in Company C, 50th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Infantry.

The citation says briefly:  "Capture of the flag of the 47th Virginia 
Infantry, Confederate States Army."

	His newspaper obituary notice says that Captain Charles Brown, "in 
command of Company C, 5oth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers in the Civil 
War," died at his home on Dock Street, Schuylkill Haven, on February 20, 
1919.  It notes only that he won the "medal for the Legion of Honor."

	Wallace's "Memorial of Patriotism," page 355, notes that "on the 19th 
of August the Regiment, with its Division, participated in a movement on 
the Weldon Railroad, resulting in gaining possession of the important 
point.  It was not accomplished though without a severe fight."

	It continues, quoting a correspondent of the press, "...The 50th 
Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers captured a stand of colors 
from the 17th VIrginia.  Emblazoned upon the red, white and red folds 
were inscriptions of thirteen engagements in which the Regiment had 
fought - from Bull Run to Mine Run."

	Brown was active in the 50th Regiment Association after the war 
and was associated with General Samuel Schwenk who preceded him in death 
by only a year.

	And, shortly before his death at the age of 78, he attended a meeting 
of the Veterans Volunteers in New York, he offered his services to his 
government in World War I.

	After the close of the Civil War, he operated a boat on the old 
Schuylkill Canal.  After the canal closed, he went to New York where he 
operated boats for a time between New York and Connecticut.

	He was also, for a time, gate tender at the entrance of the county 
almshouse at Schuylkill Haven.