Henry enlisted in the Cherokee Davis Guards (whose records were consolidated with the Alabama 55th after the war). Census records list Henry as being from Tennessee about 1831.
He married Lavintia (Vinity) Tracy and they had 3 children when Henry was killed in battle. I am unsure of when Vinity died and where she is buried (pretty sure she died in Cherokee County, Alabama). If anyone runs across this information, please contact me.
Presumably, Henry is buried in the Mass grave for the Confederate Soldiers as no other record of him is found and records say he was killed at the battle of Shiloh.
Children:
Mary Jane Brewer Wood 1857 - 1908
Gilbert Brewer 1859 - 1936
Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Brewer Jacobs 1861 - 1916
The 55th Alabama didn't come into existence until early 1863.
Henry Brewer enlisted in a company called the "Cherokee Davis Guards". Organizing at Gaylesville, Ala., Aug 7, 1861, officers and men entered state service Sept. 25,1861. On October 7, 1861, seventy members boarded the steamer Afarada and went to Rome Georgia. From Rome they travelled by rail to Nashville, Tenn., arriving three days later. The company enrolled in Confederate service Nov. 2, 1861, and mustered on the Nashville, Tenn., fairgrounds on November 19, 1861. A man named W.H. Farrow signed the initial roll as a flag bearer so it seems safe to assume the company had it's own flag.
Saying that he had only eleven common tents for ninety-nine men, Captain Clifton requested six common tents and flies, as well as two Sibley tents on Jan. 2, 1862. The company recieved sixty-five cap boxes, belts and straps for cartridge boxes, as well as 140 haversacks on Feb. 4, 1862. Lieut. Daniel was issued twenty rounds each for thirty men armed with a "Tennessee Rifle".
Clifton's 10th Alabama Battalion formed at Camp Johnson near the state penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1862. It included four Alabama companies that had enlisted for twelve months service and rendezvoused there some time earlier. Members alaways called their unit the 4th Alabama Battalion, but that number had previously been assigned to another Alabama unit. * (The 4th Alabama Infantry was organized by Egbert T Jones in Huntsville Alabama and was assigned to tha Army of Northern Virginia.)
Clifton's small battalion manned incomplete defenses at Fort Zollicofer near Nashville. The battalion marched south on Feb. 19 1862, as General Albert Sidney Johnston's army evacuated the city. Stopping briefly at Murfreesboro, Tenn. his army continued it's retreat on Feb. 28, 1862 passing through Murfreesboro, Shebyville, and Fayetteville, Tenn., on the way to Decatur , Ala. Clifton's command began arriving in camp near Burnsville, Miss., on the evening of Mar. 21, 1862. Here General Breckinridge's command reorganized as the "Reserve Corps" of the Army of the Mississippi.
On Mar. 25, 1862, the battalion was strenghtened by the addition of a scatch command of Alabamians who had been serving with the 42nd Tennessee Regiment. These men had either not been present when the regiment surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 16, 1862 or had escaped after the garrison lay down it's arms. Isaac Henry, formerly a Captain of Company "H", 42nd Tennessee Regiment, was chosen to lead this company.
On April 4, 1862, Breckenridge's "Reserve Corps" broke camp at Burnsville to attack unsuspecting Federals in their camps around Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Col. Robert P. Trabue of the 4th Kentucky Regiment led the brigade to which this battalion was attached. On the first day's battle, Col. Trabue noted,
Major Clifton, commanding Alabama battalion, detached from me early on Sunday,
did not again come under my notice, but is said to have done it's duty.
Although Clifton and his men were again ordered away during the second day at Shiloh, Trabue praised their conduct.
Many officers also of the Fourth Alabama, whose conduct was excellent were among the wounded...
"This small command" he added, "behaved extremely well."
The battalion reported thirty officers and men as casualties
http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/alcwmb/index.cgi?read=27293
He married Lavintia (Vinity) Tracy and they had 3 children when Henry was killed in battle. I am unsure of when Vinity died and where she is buried (pretty sure she died in Cherokee County, Alabama). If anyone runs across this information, please contact me.
Presumably, Henry is buried in the Mass grave for the Confederate Soldiers as no other record of him is found and records say he was killed at the battle of Shiloh.
Children:
Mary Jane Brewer Wood 1857 - 1908
Gilbert Brewer 1859 - 1936
Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Brewer Jacobs 1861 - 1916
The 55th Alabama didn't come into existence until early 1863.
Henry Brewer enlisted in a company called the "Cherokee Davis Guards". Organizing at Gaylesville, Ala., Aug 7, 1861, officers and men entered state service Sept. 25,1861. On October 7, 1861, seventy members boarded the steamer Afarada and went to Rome Georgia. From Rome they travelled by rail to Nashville, Tenn., arriving three days later. The company enrolled in Confederate service Nov. 2, 1861, and mustered on the Nashville, Tenn., fairgrounds on November 19, 1861. A man named W.H. Farrow signed the initial roll as a flag bearer so it seems safe to assume the company had it's own flag.
Saying that he had only eleven common tents for ninety-nine men, Captain Clifton requested six common tents and flies, as well as two Sibley tents on Jan. 2, 1862. The company recieved sixty-five cap boxes, belts and straps for cartridge boxes, as well as 140 haversacks on Feb. 4, 1862. Lieut. Daniel was issued twenty rounds each for thirty men armed with a "Tennessee Rifle".
Clifton's 10th Alabama Battalion formed at Camp Johnson near the state penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1862. It included four Alabama companies that had enlisted for twelve months service and rendezvoused there some time earlier. Members alaways called their unit the 4th Alabama Battalion, but that number had previously been assigned to another Alabama unit. * (The 4th Alabama Infantry was organized by Egbert T Jones in Huntsville Alabama and was assigned to tha Army of Northern Virginia.)
Clifton's small battalion manned incomplete defenses at Fort Zollicofer near Nashville. The battalion marched south on Feb. 19 1862, as General Albert Sidney Johnston's army evacuated the city. Stopping briefly at Murfreesboro, Tenn. his army continued it's retreat on Feb. 28, 1862 passing through Murfreesboro, Shebyville, and Fayetteville, Tenn., on the way to Decatur , Ala. Clifton's command began arriving in camp near Burnsville, Miss., on the evening of Mar. 21, 1862. Here General Breckinridge's command reorganized as the "Reserve Corps" of the Army of the Mississippi.
On Mar. 25, 1862, the battalion was strenghtened by the addition of a scatch command of Alabamians who had been serving with the 42nd Tennessee Regiment. These men had either not been present when the regiment surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 16, 1862 or had escaped after the garrison lay down it's arms. Isaac Henry, formerly a Captain of Company "H", 42nd Tennessee Regiment, was chosen to lead this company.
On April 4, 1862, Breckenridge's "Reserve Corps" broke camp at Burnsville to attack unsuspecting Federals in their camps around Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Col. Robert P. Trabue of the 4th Kentucky Regiment led the brigade to which this battalion was attached. On the first day's battle, Col. Trabue noted,
Major Clifton, commanding Alabama battalion, detached from me early on Sunday,
did not again come under my notice, but is said to have done it's duty.
Although Clifton and his men were again ordered away during the second day at Shiloh, Trabue praised their conduct.
Many officers also of the Fourth Alabama, whose conduct was excellent were among the wounded...
"This small command" he added, "behaved extremely well."
The battalion reported thirty officers and men as casualties
http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/alcwmb/index.cgi?read=27293
Henry enlisted in the Cherokee Davis Guards (whose records were consolidated with the Alabama 55th after the war). Census records list Henry as being from Tennessee about 1831.
He married Lavintia (Vinity) Tracy and they had 3 children when Henry was killed in battle. I am unsure of when Vinity died and where she is buried (pretty sure she died in Cherokee County, Alabama). If anyone runs across this information, please contact me.
Presumably, Henry is buried in the Mass grave for the Confederate Soldiers as no other record of him is found and records say he was killed at the battle of Shiloh.
Children:
Mary Jane Brewer Wood 1857 - 1908
Gilbert Brewer 1859 - 1936
Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Brewer Jacobs 1861 - 1916
The 55th Alabama didn't come into existence until early 1863.
Henry Brewer enlisted in a company called the "Cherokee Davis Guards". Organizing at Gaylesville, Ala., Aug 7, 1861, officers and men entered state service Sept. 25,1861. On October 7, 1861, seventy members boarded the steamer Afarada and went to Rome Georgia. From Rome they travelled by rail to Nashville, Tenn., arriving three days later. The company enrolled in Confederate service Nov. 2, 1861, and mustered on the Nashville, Tenn., fairgrounds on November 19, 1861. A man named W.H. Farrow signed the initial roll as a flag bearer so it seems safe to assume the company had it's own flag.
Saying that he had only eleven common tents for ninety-nine men, Captain Clifton requested six common tents and flies, as well as two Sibley tents on Jan. 2, 1862. The company recieved sixty-five cap boxes, belts and straps for cartridge boxes, as well as 140 haversacks on Feb. 4, 1862. Lieut. Daniel was issued twenty rounds each for thirty men armed with a "Tennessee Rifle".
Clifton's 10th Alabama Battalion formed at Camp Johnson near the state penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1862. It included four Alabama companies that had enlisted for twelve months service and rendezvoused there some time earlier. Members alaways called their unit the 4th Alabama Battalion, but that number had previously been assigned to another Alabama unit. * (The 4th Alabama Infantry was organized by Egbert T Jones in Huntsville Alabama and was assigned to tha Army of Northern Virginia.)
Clifton's small battalion manned incomplete defenses at Fort Zollicofer near Nashville. The battalion marched south on Feb. 19 1862, as General Albert Sidney Johnston's army evacuated the city. Stopping briefly at Murfreesboro, Tenn. his army continued it's retreat on Feb. 28, 1862 passing through Murfreesboro, Shebyville, and Fayetteville, Tenn., on the way to Decatur , Ala. Clifton's command began arriving in camp near Burnsville, Miss., on the evening of Mar. 21, 1862. Here General Breckinridge's command reorganized as the "Reserve Corps" of the Army of the Mississippi.
On Mar. 25, 1862, the battalion was strenghtened by the addition of a scatch command of Alabamians who had been serving with the 42nd Tennessee Regiment. These men had either not been present when the regiment surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 16, 1862 or had escaped after the garrison lay down it's arms. Isaac Henry, formerly a Captain of Company "H", 42nd Tennessee Regiment, was chosen to lead this company.
On April 4, 1862, Breckenridge's "Reserve Corps" broke camp at Burnsville to attack unsuspecting Federals in their camps around Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Col. Robert P. Trabue of the 4th Kentucky Regiment led the brigade to which this battalion was attached. On the first day's battle, Col. Trabue noted,
Major Clifton, commanding Alabama battalion, detached from me early on Sunday,
did not again come under my notice, but is said to have done it's duty.
Although Clifton and his men were again ordered away during the second day at Shiloh, Trabue praised their conduct.
Many officers also of the Fourth Alabama, whose conduct was excellent were among the wounded...
"This small command" he added, "behaved extremely well."
The battalion reported thirty officers and men as casualties
http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/alcwmb/index.cgi?read=27293
He married Lavintia (Vinity) Tracy and they had 3 children when Henry was killed in battle. I am unsure of when Vinity died and where she is buried (pretty sure she died in Cherokee County, Alabama). If anyone runs across this information, please contact me.
Presumably, Henry is buried in the Mass grave for the Confederate Soldiers as no other record of him is found and records say he was killed at the battle of Shiloh.
Children:
Mary Jane Brewer Wood 1857 - 1908
Gilbert Brewer 1859 - 1936
Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Brewer Jacobs 1861 - 1916
The 55th Alabama didn't come into existence until early 1863.
Henry Brewer enlisted in a company called the "Cherokee Davis Guards". Organizing at Gaylesville, Ala., Aug 7, 1861, officers and men entered state service Sept. 25,1861. On October 7, 1861, seventy members boarded the steamer Afarada and went to Rome Georgia. From Rome they travelled by rail to Nashville, Tenn., arriving three days later. The company enrolled in Confederate service Nov. 2, 1861, and mustered on the Nashville, Tenn., fairgrounds on November 19, 1861. A man named W.H. Farrow signed the initial roll as a flag bearer so it seems safe to assume the company had it's own flag.
Saying that he had only eleven common tents for ninety-nine men, Captain Clifton requested six common tents and flies, as well as two Sibley tents on Jan. 2, 1862. The company recieved sixty-five cap boxes, belts and straps for cartridge boxes, as well as 140 haversacks on Feb. 4, 1862. Lieut. Daniel was issued twenty rounds each for thirty men armed with a "Tennessee Rifle".
Clifton's 10th Alabama Battalion formed at Camp Johnson near the state penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1862. It included four Alabama companies that had enlisted for twelve months service and rendezvoused there some time earlier. Members alaways called their unit the 4th Alabama Battalion, but that number had previously been assigned to another Alabama unit. * (The 4th Alabama Infantry was organized by Egbert T Jones in Huntsville Alabama and was assigned to tha Army of Northern Virginia.)
Clifton's small battalion manned incomplete defenses at Fort Zollicofer near Nashville. The battalion marched south on Feb. 19 1862, as General Albert Sidney Johnston's army evacuated the city. Stopping briefly at Murfreesboro, Tenn. his army continued it's retreat on Feb. 28, 1862 passing through Murfreesboro, Shebyville, and Fayetteville, Tenn., on the way to Decatur , Ala. Clifton's command began arriving in camp near Burnsville, Miss., on the evening of Mar. 21, 1862. Here General Breckinridge's command reorganized as the "Reserve Corps" of the Army of the Mississippi.
On Mar. 25, 1862, the battalion was strenghtened by the addition of a scatch command of Alabamians who had been serving with the 42nd Tennessee Regiment. These men had either not been present when the regiment surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 16, 1862 or had escaped after the garrison lay down it's arms. Isaac Henry, formerly a Captain of Company "H", 42nd Tennessee Regiment, was chosen to lead this company.
On April 4, 1862, Breckenridge's "Reserve Corps" broke camp at Burnsville to attack unsuspecting Federals in their camps around Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Col. Robert P. Trabue of the 4th Kentucky Regiment led the brigade to which this battalion was attached. On the first day's battle, Col. Trabue noted,
Major Clifton, commanding Alabama battalion, detached from me early on Sunday,
did not again come under my notice, but is said to have done it's duty.
Although Clifton and his men were again ordered away during the second day at Shiloh, Trabue praised their conduct.
Many officers also of the Fourth Alabama, whose conduct was excellent were among the wounded...
"This small command" he added, "behaved extremely well."
The battalion reported thirty officers and men as casualties
http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/alcwmb/index.cgi?read=27293
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