Noted Savannah and Atlanta architect and builder (most notably, architect of Savannah's William Kehoe House)
Confederate Veteran
Never married
"Capt. DeWitt Bruyn, captain of Co. E, 47th Georgia, was born and reared in the state of New York, made Savannah his home in early manhood, and took up arms for the South. His parents appealed to him by letter to return North and enlist if he would under the stars and stripes. He replied that he made his home there, admired the people, loved the South, and deemed our cause just. He was an anathematized a Rebel, denounced as a traitor, and ostracized by his entire family. Cultured and refined, he was as modest as a virtuous woman, true as steel of the Damascus blade, brave and gallant as Ney or Murat. He was my messmate in camp, my close companion on the march, and side by side we fought in the battle. About five years ago he became an inmate of the Home for Confederate Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia. Two years ago he crossed over the river and I pray that his pure and noble soul is at rest with our God."
From Benjamin Stuart Williams' personal memoir of the Battle of Chickamauga. Williams was the former adjutant of the 47th Georgia Infantry (published in the Charleston Sunday News, 29 Oct 1911 issue)
Despite family rancor during the War years, Dewitt Bruyn was named for a bequest in his mother's will, and named in other family obituaries.
Confederate Veteran
Never married
"Capt. DeWitt Bruyn, captain of Co. E, 47th Georgia, was born and reared in the state of New York, made Savannah his home in early manhood, and took up arms for the South. His parents appealed to him by letter to return North and enlist if he would under the stars and stripes. He replied that he made his home there, admired the people, loved the South, and deemed our cause just. He was an anathematized a Rebel, denounced as a traitor, and ostracized by his entire family. Cultured and refined, he was as modest as a virtuous woman, true as steel of the Damascus blade, brave and gallant as Ney or Murat. He was my messmate in camp, my close companion on the march, and side by side we fought in the battle. About five years ago he became an inmate of the Home for Confederate Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia. Two years ago he crossed over the river and I pray that his pure and noble soul is at rest with our God."
From Benjamin Stuart Williams' personal memoir of the Battle of Chickamauga. Williams was the former adjutant of the 47th Georgia Infantry (published in the Charleston Sunday News, 29 Oct 1911 issue)
Despite family rancor during the War years, Dewitt Bruyn was named for a bequest in his mother's will, and named in other family obituaries.
Noted Savannah and Atlanta architect and builder (most notably, architect of Savannah's William Kehoe House)
Confederate Veteran
Never married
"Capt. DeWitt Bruyn, captain of Co. E, 47th Georgia, was born and reared in the state of New York, made Savannah his home in early manhood, and took up arms for the South. His parents appealed to him by letter to return North and enlist if he would under the stars and stripes. He replied that he made his home there, admired the people, loved the South, and deemed our cause just. He was an anathematized a Rebel, denounced as a traitor, and ostracized by his entire family. Cultured and refined, he was as modest as a virtuous woman, true as steel of the Damascus blade, brave and gallant as Ney or Murat. He was my messmate in camp, my close companion on the march, and side by side we fought in the battle. About five years ago he became an inmate of the Home for Confederate Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia. Two years ago he crossed over the river and I pray that his pure and noble soul is at rest with our God."
From Benjamin Stuart Williams' personal memoir of the Battle of Chickamauga. Williams was the former adjutant of the 47th Georgia Infantry (published in the Charleston Sunday News, 29 Oct 1911 issue)
Despite family rancor during the War years, Dewitt Bruyn was named for a bequest in his mother's will, and named in other family obituaries.
Confederate Veteran
Never married
"Capt. DeWitt Bruyn, captain of Co. E, 47th Georgia, was born and reared in the state of New York, made Savannah his home in early manhood, and took up arms for the South. His parents appealed to him by letter to return North and enlist if he would under the stars and stripes. He replied that he made his home there, admired the people, loved the South, and deemed our cause just. He was an anathematized a Rebel, denounced as a traitor, and ostracized by his entire family. Cultured and refined, he was as modest as a virtuous woman, true as steel of the Damascus blade, brave and gallant as Ney or Murat. He was my messmate in camp, my close companion on the march, and side by side we fought in the battle. About five years ago he became an inmate of the Home for Confederate Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia. Two years ago he crossed over the river and I pray that his pure and noble soul is at rest with our God."
From Benjamin Stuart Williams' personal memoir of the Battle of Chickamauga. Williams was the former adjutant of the 47th Georgia Infantry (published in the Charleston Sunday News, 29 Oct 1911 issue)
Despite family rancor during the War years, Dewitt Bruyn was named for a bequest in his mother's will, and named in other family obituaries.
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