Thornsbury Bailey Brown, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Union Army first combat casualty
Date of Birth: 15-May-1829
Date of Death: 22-May-1861
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Thornsbury Bailey Brown
- Thornsbury Bailey Brown (May 15, 1829 – May 22, 1861) of Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia) is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War.
- Brown, a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Union with the grade of private, was killed by a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Confederacy at Fetterman, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 22, 1861.
- The members of both companies were from the same general vicinity of Taylor County.
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