In September 1862, S. Clay Brown of Hagerstown, Indiana was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 8th Indiana Infantry. The 8th Indiana spent the period from October 1862 to March 1863 in southeast Missouri, and then joined General Ulysses S. Grant’s army for the Vicksburg Campaign. Brown was promoted to surgeon of the 18th Indiana Infantry in June 1864, and as part of that regiment, participated in the Virginia battles of Third Winchester, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek. Brown was mustered out of service in August 1865 and died in Fitzgerald, Georgia, on August 4, 1915.

Carte-de-Visite by S. Anderson, New Orleans, La.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 32327