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The White Pine News
East Ely, Treasure City, Taylor, Ely, White Pine County, Nevada
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John Brown, a 4-foot-6-inch Scotchman born in Glasgow in 1836, immigrated to the US in 1850, enlisted in the Union Army in 1862, served until 1865, and claims to be the shortest living US Civil War veteran, verified by War Department records.
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John Brown, of Lake City, Iowa, who claims the distinction of being the shortest United States soldier living to-day, is a Scotchman, who was born at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1836 and who came to New Orleans in 1850. He enlisted in the Union army at Bloomington, Ill., in August, 1862, joining the Ninety-fourth Illinois volunteers. He remained in the service until 1865, when he was mustered out with an honorable discharge at Galveston, Texas. Mr. Brown, whose height is 4 feet 6 inches, has in his possession an affidavit which proves that he is two and one-half inches shorter than any other United States soldier who served in the Civil War, this affidavit being substantiated by records in the War Department at Washington.
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Lake City, Iowa; Glasgow, Scotland; New Orleans; Bloomington, Ill.; Galveston, Texas; Washington
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1836 1865
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John Brown, born in Scotland in 1836, immigrated to the US, enlisted in the 94th Illinois Volunteers in 1862, served through the Civil War until honorable discharge in 1865, and holds the distinction of being the shortest US soldier at 4 feet 6 inches, verified by affidavit and War Department records.