—Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Frank Brown CIVIL WAR VETERAN

—Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Frank Brown CIVIL WAR VETERAN James Marshall Brown returned to farming after the conflict ended. In his later years, he was called to preach and according to reports, married more couples than any other minister in Virginia. This photo, taken when “Preacher Brown” was 75 years old, shows the veteran and his wife, Mollie F. Brown, holding two-year-old R. Lyle Rector and three-months-old Wilson Goodman.

battle but all marched for the CSA. The Brown family of Sperryville is an example. James Marshall Brown enlisted in the Confederate Army’s Company B, 7th Virginia Infantry, in May, 1861. He served with Col. Patten, Kemper’s Brigade, A. P. Hill’s Davision, Longstreet’s Corps and under Gen. Robert E. Lee, according to Mrs. Frank Brown, widow of James Marshall’s grandson. A severe wound taken at Gettysburg ended his military service. “He was his by a mini-ball in his ankle. He carried that with him until the day he died,” Mrs. Brown reported. “The family always said that he slept with his foot outside the bed covers, that old wound burned so much.” Brown was in Pickett’s Division at Gettysburg. “When they’d fallen back after the charge, there were only 52 left alive and out of that 52, only two were unwounded,” Mrs. Brown reported. The CSA didn’t provide transportation home for soldiers who could no longer fight so James Marshall hobbled back as best he could. ' James Marshall’s brother Paul was wounded at Bull Run, Mrs. Brown continued. He fell on the Yankee side but was helped back to the Confederate line and safety.