Brown, John Calvin

Life Span
to
Full name
John Calvin Brown
Place of Birth
Giles County, TN
Burial Place
Pulaski, TN
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
4
Family
Duncan Brown (father), Margaret Smith Brown (mother), Neill Brown (older brother), Anne Pointer (first wife), Elizabeth Childress (second wife)
Education
Other
Other Education
Jackson College, TN
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Political Parties
Democratic
Whig
Government
Governor
State legislature
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
Above Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union troops storm the Confederate positions on Lookout Mountain
- Union forces break the last Confederate efforts to defend Atlanta at the Battle of Jonesborough
Outside Franklin, Tennessee, Confederate General Hood wins a tactical victory but decimates his army
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