Julia Brown searching for veterans who knew Archibald, or Archie, Brown
A Colored Veteran.
S. T. Moore, Tallula, Miss., writes us
as to the case of Archibald Brown, of
Co. I, 64th U. S. C. T., who enlisted at
Davis Bend, Miss., in 1863, and was
mustered out at Vicksburg; but the War
Department said he deserted, and did
not serve until May 1, 1865. The facts
are that he came home, sick, with his
papers in his pocket, but his wife, now
an aged and poor widow, did not know
anything about them, and washed them
to pieces. He was so sick as to be un-
able [unable] to return to his regiment, which
caused his name to be dropped as a
deserter. His widow is 94 years old and
utterly without means. She wishes that
some one would help her a little in this
matter, and if Congress would give her
a pension it would not be for long.
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