Event timeline for civil war soldier Edwin Brown

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    Twelve events that Civil war soldier Edwin Brown was involved in.

  • Tuesday August 27

    Tuesday August 27

    Edwin was sworn into the Union as "Sergeant of the guards"
  • Saturday August 31

    Saturday August 31

    Edwin was given his weapons and transferred with his camp to Parkesburg
  • Wednesday September 25

    Wednesday September 25

    Edwin was on guard duty along the camp's perimeter, nine prisoners were brought in that day.
  • Sunday October 6

    Sunday October 6

    Edwin, along with some of the camp traveled to camp "Piat"
    Soon after they began, it started to rain. The storm lasted the rest of the day
  • Tuesday October 8

    The Quartermaster of camp "Piat" put in an order for new weapons for Edwin and the others there at the time.
  • Thursday October 10

    Thursday October 10

    Edwin and the rest of his camp got the new weapons and ammo the camps Quartermaster placed an order for.
  • Monday October 14

    Monday October 14

    Edwin and some of the camp traveled 4 miles to camp "Beckley" to start work on a bridge in "Witch Crick" while surrounded by Southern forces, though it seems they didn't find Edwin and the others working on the bridge.
  • Tuesday October 15

    Tuesday October 15

    The bridge Edwin's camp worked on at "Witch Crick" was finished at 10 o'clock. Edwin and the others had traveled 6 miles to a meadow and camped there for the night.
  • Sunday October 20

    Edwin and his camp traveled 12 miles to Summersville, they ended up getting there at three o'clock.
  • Tuesday October 22

    Tuesday October 22

    Edwin was on picket guard duty 7 miles from Summersville, he had corn, bread, milk, and butter with the others on guard duty with him.
  • Tuesday October 30

    Edwin and the others were inspected, one of the others' rifle went off and wounded two people, the bayonet cutting another.
  • Saturday November 2

    A man named Edward Beckley had died, he was buried the next day at 4 o'clock. He seemed to be a friend of Edward.