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In token of respect to his memory, the colors of the different regiments of this command
will be draped, and the officers wear the usual badge of military mourning ior thirty days

BY ORDER OF COLONEL BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.

GEORGE W. BOOTH, A. A, G.

A correspondent in the Richmond Sentinel, who signs himself "A
VIRGINIAN." pays the following handsome tribute to his memory:

Of the many brave and noble men who have fought the invaders of Southern soil, and
have died in defense of Southern homes and Southern rights, none deserve a higher tribute of
praise, or a larger measure of thanks from the Southern people than Colonel Brown. A
native of Montgomery County, Maryland, and a citizen of that State, at the commencement
of the present war, it would have been but natural for him to have taken the passive attitude
which was assumed by his State, where he would now in all probability be gladdening by his
presence a large circle of relatives and friends, instead of throwing dark shadows around their
hearts from his lowly grave in Virginia. But, like many other noble sons of Maryland, he
left his quiet and secure home to give his services to the Southern Confederacy, threatened
with subjugation, and even extermination. He labored day and night in its service, and has
poured out his life's blood upon its altar.

He came to Virginia on the first day of June, 1861, and was mortally wounded on the
first day of June, 1864, just three years after. He entered the army in the capacity of a
private. In less than a year he was raised to the position of a Lieutenant; he soon reached
the rank of Captain, and was then promoted to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy. To each of those
positions he was lifted by merit alone, and would probably have soon reached much higher
rank, had not envious death closed his career.

Never was there an officer more beloved by his command, and never was there one who
more deserved it. As brave as a lion in time of danger, he was as careful of his men as a
mother of her children. His men say that when thrown upon his own responsibility he never
led them into a position of peril without first examining it himself; nor ordered them to go
where he was not ready to lead; and they felt perfectly secure under his leadership. After
his promotion to the command of a regiment of cavalry, it was remarked that he was much
more silent than before. A friend asked him the reason. He replied that so many lives
committed to his charge involved a responsibility which pressed heavily upon him.

He was a Christian man, and death has been his gain. The loss is all to those who
remain behind — to his parents, who have lost a devoted son; to his acquaintances, who
have lost one of friendship's greatest treasures; to the Confederacy, which has lost one of its
most valuable defenders. But more than this — morality has lost one of its best exemplars.
and chivalry one of her noblest sons. His influence for good in his command who can supply.

Many soldiers and many citizens will mingle their tears on his grave, to water the flowers