William M. Browne
Confederate Army general
Died when: 55 years 295 days (669 months)Star Sign: Cancer

William Montague Browne (July 7, 1823 – April 28, 1883) was a prominent Confederate politician and American newsman.During the American Civil War, he served as Acting Secretary of State for the Confederacy in 1862 and as a temporary brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.
When he was not confirmed to that rank by the Confederate Senate, he reverted to his permanent grade of colonel.
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