| William Browne | |
|---|---|
| |
| Confederate States Secretary of State Acting | |
In office February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1862 | |
| President | Jefferson Davis |
| Preceded by | Robert Hunter |
| Succeeded by | Judah Benjamin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 7, 1827 Dublin, United Kingdom (now Ireland) |
| Died | April 28, 1883 (aged 55) Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |  British ArmyConfederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1854–1855 (UK) 1862–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank | File:CSAGeneral.png Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | Crimean War American Civil War |
William Montague Browne (July 7, 1827 – April 28, 1883) was a prominent Confederate politician, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Biography[]
Browne was born in Dublin, Ireland, and served in the British Army during the Crimean War. He emigrated to the southern United States in 1855.
He served as Acting Confederate Secretary of State and as aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis. He was promoted to brigadier general in November 1864.
After the war, Browne was an attorney and was a professor of History and Constitutional Law at the University of Georgia. He died in Athens, Georgia and was buried in its Oconee Hill Cemetery.
Allegedly, he was a nephew of the Marquess of Sligo. (See discussion on Marquess of Sligo).
See also[]
External links[]
- Confederate War Department
- "William M. Browne". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9822. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- Biography of William Montague Browne by Dr. E. Merton Coulter, UGA - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugapressbks/pdfs/ugp9780820335339.pdf - accessed 3 Aug 2013
The original article can be found at William M. Browne and the edit history here.