James Patton Brownlow | |
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.jpg) Brownlow in 1865 | |
| Born | December 17, 1842 Jonesborough, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | April 26, 1879 (aged 36) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1868 |
| Rank |  Colonel Brevet Brigadier General |
| Unit | 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment |
| Battles / wars | |
| Relations | Son of Tennessee Governor and U.S. Senator William G. Brownlow, brother of Union Colonel John B. Brownlow |
| Other work | Printer, farmer, railroad superintendent |
James Patton Brownlow (December 17, 1842 – April 26, 1879) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. Brownlow was the son of East Tennessee preacher and politician Parson Brownlow. James P. Brownlow served in several positions in the Union Army, finishing the war as colonel of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. He was noted for his courage and perceptiveness in battle and keen sense of military tactics. Union cavalry in Tennessee, in addition to participating in crucial organized battles of the war, "primarily meant almost endless skirmishing with partisans, guerrillas, and bushwackers, as well as with the Rebel raiders of John Hunt Morgan, Joseph Wheeler, and Nathan Bedford Forrest, who frequently recruited and supplied themselves from behind enemy lines."[1] Jim Brownlow's deft handling of these engagements left him with a reputation as "one of the greatest daredevils of the Civil War."[2]
The United States Senate confirmed the award of the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, to Brownlow on March 12, 1866, at which time he was just 23 years old. After the war, he was adjutant general of the State of Tennessee and then a railroad superintendent. He died in 1879 at the age of 36.
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:5was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Maine, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of (1915). "A Few Incidents and Reminiscences of the Civil War by James H. Shannon". War Papers, Read Before the Commandery of the State of Maine, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: V. 1-. Lefavor-Tower Company. p. 336.