He was born in 1837/38, in Butler County, Pennsylvania. [sources: date: 1 (39 in 1877), 2 (39 in 1877). place: 1, 2]
He was a private, in company G of the 10th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (that is, the 39th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry). He enlisted on 15 July 1861, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was discharged on 30 December 1863, at Manassas Virginia, in order to reenlist. [sources: 2, 3-4]
He was a private, in company I of the 191st Pennsylvania Infantry He enlisted on 19 December 1863, at Manassas, Virginia. [source: 1 (91st PA), 2 (91st PA), 3-4 (191st PA)]
He was discharged on 18 June 1865, because his term of service had expired. [source: 2]
He served for 18 months. [source: 1]
He lived in Butler [County?], Pennsylvania, after the war. [source: 2]
He was admitted to the National Soldiers Home on 17 November 1877. He had locomotor ataxia. [sources: 1, 2]
On 17 April 1881, he died, in the Central Branch (Dayton, Ohio), of the National Soldiers Home. He died of paralysis. [sources: 1, 2]
On 5 May 1881, the National Home sent 2 army discharges to his son, in Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He had $1.43 in effects (apparently cash), which was turned over to the Home treasurer. [source: 2]
1 Annual report of the Board of Managers of the National Soldiers Home, 30 December 1882 [for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1882]. Serial Set volume 2115, session volume 1, 47th Congress, 2nd Session, House Miscellaneous Document 13, page 378 (Samuel M Brown)
2 Historical register of National homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, 1866-1938, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 15, microfilm series M1749 (Samuel M Brown)
3 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Samuel M Brown (10th PA))
4 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Samuel M Brown (191 PA))
| Time and Place of Each Enlistment. | Company and Regiment. | Time and Place of Discharge. | Causes of Discharge. | Kind and Degree of Disability. | When and Where Contracted and Received. |
| July 15 1861 Mercer Co Pa |
G 10" Pa Res | Dec 30" 1863 Manassas Va |
Re-enlistment | Locomotor Ataxia | |
| December 19 1863 Manassas Va | I 91st [sic] Pa Vols | June 18" 1865 | Expiration of Term of Service |
| Where Born. | Age. | Residence subsequence to Discharge. | Occupation. | Social condition. | Number and kind of Relatives Requiring his Assistance. | P.O. address and Name of Nearest Relative. |
| Penna Butler County | 39 | Butler Penna |
| Rate of Pension. | Date of Admission and Re-admission. | Conditions of Re-admission. | Date of Discharge | Cause of Discharge. | Date of Death. | Cause of Death. |
| November 17" 1877 | April 17. 81 B-9-17 | Paralysis |