Brown, Egbert Benson, 1816-1902
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Brown, Egbert Benson, 1816-1902
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Egbert Benson
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1816-1902
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Egbert Brown was born in Brownsville, New York, and as a young man sailed on a whaler before settling in Toledo, Ohio, in the early 1840s. He was a respected grain dealer and built the first steam elevator in town. After successively working his way to Mayor of Toledo, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1852 and engaged in the railroad business.<.p>
In August 1861, Brown was commissioned as the lieutenant colonel of the 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He resigned this position in May 1862 to become a brigadier general of the Missouri State Militia (Union). He was appointed as a brigadier general of U.S. volunteers to rank from November 29, 1862.
Brown's duties primarily involved suppressing Confederate guerrillas and opposing raids from Arkansas and the Indian Territory. Among the high points of his career were two victories over Joseph Shelby, at the Second Battle of Springfield (1863) during Marmaduke's first raid, and at Marshall, Missouri, during Shelby's Great Raid of 1863. Brown was severely wounded in the shoulder at Springfield and lost the use of an arm. He commanded the District of Central Missouri during 1863 and through 1864.
Although successful in many engagements, Brown was criticized by some for lack of vigor. This came to a head during Sterling Price's 1864 raid of Missouri. At the Battle of Westport, Union Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton relieved Brown of command and arrested him for failing to promptly obey an order to attack. Brown then assumed command of the District of Rolla in January 1865 until the end of the war.
Brown was the United States pension agent in St. Louis from 1866 to 1868. He resigned to operate a farm in Illinois. He died in the home of a granddaughter at West Plains, Missouri, on February 11, 1902, and was buried next to his wife in Cuba, Missouri.
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Civil War, 1861-1865
Military pensions
Price's Missouri Expedition, 1864
Railroads
Westport, Battle of, Kansas City, Mo., 1864
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Oklahoma
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Egbert Benson Brown served a portion of his Civil War Service in Indian Territory.
St. Louis
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Egbert Benson Brown moved to St. Louis from Toledo and was involved in the Railroad Business. Egbert Benson Brown was also a Pension Agent from 1866 to 1868 in St. Louis.
Springfield
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Egbert Benson Brown was at the 2nd Battle of Springfield.
Brownsville
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Egbert Benson Brown was born on October 4, 1816.
Arkansas
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Egbert Benson Brown served a portion of his Civil War Service in Arkansas.
Illinois
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Egbert Benson Brown operated a farm in Illinois after the Civil War.
Kansas City
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Egbert Benson Brown was at the Battle of Westport.
West Plains
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Egbert Benson Brown died on February 11, 1902.
Toledo
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Egbert Benson Brown was a grain dealer and Mayor of Toledo.