Thornsbury Bailey Brown [SEP] conflict
Thornsbury Bailey Brown
Thornsbury Bailey Brown (May 15, 1829 – May 22, 1861) of Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia) is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. Brown, a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Union with the grade of private, was killed by a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Confederacy at Fetterman, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 22, 1861. The members
), resulting in the death of Thornsbury Bailey Brown, the first soldier killed in the Civil War. 
The Confederate forces were pushed south of Grafton to Philippi by Union troops under General B.J. Kelley and General George McClellan. On June 3, 1861, Kelley's forces defeated the Confederates led by Colonel George A. Porterfield. Although the Union controlled the B&O terminal in Grafton, the Confederates often raided the area to disrupt its operations.
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Thornsbury Bailey Brown was the first soldier killed in the Civil War