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(1833-1902) Journalist, writer. Born in Seneca Falls, N.Y. In 1861 he became war correspondent for the New York Tribune but was taken prisoner by the Confederate army. He was kept in various prisons for a year and a half, eventually escaped from Salisbury, N.C., and traveled 400 miles through hostile country to reach Union lines. After the war he served as correspondent for the New York Times and Tribune as well as writing for journals and periodicals. His best known works are “Four Years in Secessia” (1865), “The Great Metropolis: a Mirror of New York” (1869), and “Sights and Sensations in Europe” (1871).

Full Name

Junius Henri Browne

Locations

Seneca

Author's Timeline


1833

BIRTH

Born in Seneca Falls, NY

1865

LITWORK

"Four Years in Secessia"

1869

LITWORK

"The Great Metropolis: A Mirror Of New York"

1871

LITWORK

"Sights And Sensations In Europe"

1902

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