He was assigned as a landsman to the USS Hartford , the flagship of Rear Admiral David Farragut 's West Gulf Blockading Squadron .
Brown was born in 1841 at Natchez , Mississippi , and enlisted in the Navy from his home state in March 1863 .
Brown was assigned as a landsman to the USS Hartford , the flagship of Rear Admiral David Farragut 's West Gulf Blockading Squadron .
Brown was born in 1841 at Natchez , Mississippi , and enlisted in the Navy from his home state in March 1863 .