John Brown
Born: 1838 at Denmark, Denmark
Home Town: Maryland
Medal of Honor
Peacetime Awards
U.S. Navy
War Department, General Orders No. 77, August 1, 1866
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain of the Afterguard on board the U.S.S. De Soto, John Brown, United States Navy, for heroic conduct with two comrades, in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen, of the U.S.S. WINNOSKI, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.