https://digilab.libs.uga.edu/cemetery/files/original/605d29c39adc01b1ab86ae2c5bcba3a3.jpg 12729c9b4f6242193072ae30d86c1b16 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource William M. Browne Subject The topic of the resource William M. Browne Description An account of the resource William Montague Browne lived from 1823 to 1883 and was a well-known politician and newsman and, as listed on his gravestone, colonel and aide-de-camp in the Confederate States Army. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nisha Katti Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1823 - 1883 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm William Montague Brown lived from 1823 to 1883 and was a well-known politician and newsman and, as listed on his gravestone, colonel and aide-de-camp in the Confederate States Army. He was originally from County Mayo in Ireland and, although his early education is not definitively known, he was rumored to have served in the Crimean War within the British Army. He was living in the United States by the 1850s and wrote for the New York Journal of Commerce, concerned mostly with foreign affairs. He moved to Washington D.C. to write for the Washington Constitution and later bought the paper, using it as a vehicle for his pro-Buchanan administration views. He promoted the Democratic Party strongly through his position as owner of this paper, and became known as a very outspoken secessionist. He attempted a New York Congressional campaign in 1858 as a Democratic secessionist, but anti-slavery Democrat John Haskin won the seat. Apparently, Browne was six feet tall, standing out from the crowd, with a “genial face and large head, though it was not out of proportion to his body.” He had an iron gray beard which made him “patriarchal in appearance” and gray eyes with a “touch of wistful sadness or weakness or a wildish look,” (Coulter 29). Browne moved to Athens, Georgia in 1861 and was known as Constitution Browne at this time. He was made Assistant Secretary of State by Jefferson Davis and Robert Toombs, and after his resignation from this position, he held other positions such as military aide-de-camp to President Davis, Colonel of cavalry and Commandant of Conscription in Georgia. He achieved the rank of Brigadier General in 1864, but a few months later, when his position was not confirmed by congress, he was returned to colonel. After the war, Browne was back in Athens. He studied law and became a certified lawyer by 1866. He also got back into the news business by becoming editor of the Southern Banner a few years later. plot needed SP16