Captain Albert Brown

Photograph of Captain Albert Brown (1834-1919). He "Albert Brown was commissioned as captain for Company L, Second California Cavalry, in Sept. 1861. He and his company arrived at Camp Douglas in Aug. 1863. They were appointed provost guard and stationed in downtown Salt Lake City beginning in July 1864. The company was transferred to Fort Bridger in November 1864 until May 1865 when they were transferred to Fort Halleck. Captain Brown and his company were part of General Connor's failed Powder River Expedition against the Lakota in the summer of 1865. They returned to Camp Douglas in the fall of 1865 where they remained until the company was mustered out in July 1866. Brown left for Virginia City, Nevada Territory, in November 1866. He died in California, in 1919,