 until he resigned on January 17, 1865

"Colonel" Brown enlisted in the 101st Illinois Infantry on January 3, 1864 and given the rank of major.Major Brown served in "B" Company until he resigned on January 17, 1865—the very day the 101st crossed into South Carolina from Georgia under General William Tecumseh Sherman.Cloud county records show that he was paid the pension ($25.00) of a major.