Who was William Henry Browne? Some five years younger than his sister Augusta Browne, William Henry left a personal mark in U.S. history as a Union brigadier general in the Civil War, and as the preeminent American authority on trademark law during the nineteenth century. The lives and activities of Augusta and William Henry grew ever more interwoven through their adult years. During the 1870s, the brother and sister worked together on music performances and songwriting, culminating in a series of campaign songs for Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican presidential candidate in the 1876 election.
