Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Charles Brown

Charles Brown was born 1830, Baden, Germany .

Charles left Germany and immigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Michigan by 1863.

He stood 5’8” with hazel eyes, dark hair and a fair complexion and was a 33-year-old chair-maker who had possibly just moved to Erin, Macomb County from New York City when he became a substitute for George Pressel, who had been drafted on February 17, 1863, for 9 months from Erin. Charles subsequently enlisted in Unassigned on March 3, 1863, at Erin for 3 years, crediting Erin.

There is no further record.

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