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Caleb Woodruff Brewton

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Caleb Woodruff Brewton

Birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death
23 Nov 1890 (aged 53)
USA
Burial
Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Captain, Company I, 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA

Caleb W. Brewton was enlisted on June 4, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, for the war. That same day he was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He was promoted on April 2, 1862, and promoted again on July 7, 1862. On November 17, 1864, he tendered his resignation as Captain: "This Regiment is without field officers with the exception of Colonel. I am the Senior Captain in the Regiment and being satisfied that I cannot be promoted, but that my juniors are to be promoted over me, I am anxious to get out of the way." He was resigned on November 30, 1864.

Source: Caleb W. Brewton, Confederate Civil War Service Records, fold3.
Captain, Company I, 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA

Caleb W. Brewton was enlisted on June 4, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, for the war. That same day he was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He was promoted on April 2, 1862, and promoted again on July 7, 1862. On November 17, 1864, he tendered his resignation as Captain: "This Regiment is without field officers with the exception of Colonel. I am the Senior Captain in the Regiment and being satisfied that I cannot be promoted, but that my juniors are to be promoted over me, I am anxious to get out of the way." He was resigned on November 30, 1864.

Source: Caleb W. Brewton, Confederate Civil War Service Records, fold3.


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