Theodore W. Brevard Jr.
Theodore W. Brevard | |
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Brigadier general | |
Commands held | 2nd Florida Infantry Battalion 11th Florida Infantry Regiment |
Spouse(s) | Mary Call |
Other work | Lawyer |
Theodore Washington Brevard Jr. (August 26, 1835 – June 20, 1882)
He was the son of Judge Theodorus W. Brevard, the namesake of Brevard County, Florida and Caroline E. Mays Brevard. He was the son-in-law of Florida territorial governor Richard K. Call. The historian and educator Caroline Mays Brevard was his daughter.
Early life and political career
Theodore Washington Brevard Jr. was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on August 26, 1835, and studied law at the University of Virginia.[2] He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1858, and later served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1858 to 1859, and in the Florida Senate representing the 10th district from 1865 to 1866.[3]
On April 14, 1859, he married Mary Call, the daughter of Richard Keith Call. The wedding took place at The Grove, which was the residence of his sister-in-law Ellen Call Long.
In June 1860, Brevard was appointed
Military career
Brevard started his military service as the First Lieutenant, under command of Captain John Parkhill, in a company of Florida Mounted Volunteers, called the "Leon Volunteers". The company of three officers and 76 soldiers mustered into service at Tallahassee in July 1857 and promptly moved to Fort Myers where they searched for Seminoles hiding in the Everglades. On November 26 Captain Parkhill led a force to burn Seminole crops near Royal Palm Hammock. The next day he led a six-man patrol searching for Indian trails. His patrol was ambushed and he and five soldiers were killed. First Lieutenant Brevard took command after Parkhill's death and was promoted to Captain. The company mustered out of service in Tallahassee on January 28, 1858, and Brevard was promoted to Major and served as the Adjutant General of Florida's militia.[5]
When Florida Governor John Milton stood up the
Shortly after Williamsburg, the 2nd Florida held new officer elections and Captain Brevard left the 2nd Florida, returning to Florida in the summer of 1862. Brevard served for a short time certifying and mustering units until he was appointed Major and formed a cavalry battalion known as Brevard's Partisan Rangers which consisted of four companies. Brevard's Battalion fought in skirmishes around Jacksonville during 1863. His battalion was increased to five companies and Brevard promoted to Lieutenant Colonel shortly. On February 20, 1864, the battalion fought with Finegan's Brigade at the
Capture
Upon the resignation of General Finegan, Brevard was made a
Later life and death
Brevard bought a house in 1875 near the Grove at 622 North Monroe St. The house was built in 1833 for
See also
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Theodore Washington Brevard". Civil War Reference. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ a b c Warner 1989, p. 35
- ^ The People of Lawmaking in Florida
- ^ a b Evans 2004, p. 162
- ^ Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Publication Number 68, Florida Militia Muster Rolls: Seminole Indian Wars, Vol. 2, https://archive.org/details/floridamilitiamu02morr
- ^ a b Roberston, F. L., 1903. Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian-Civil and Spanish–American Wars. Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Print. Found at: https://archive.org/details/soldiersofflorid00flor
- ^ a b c Evans 2004, p. 163
- ISBN 978-0817357740.
- ^ Dickinson, J.J. (1899). "Military History of Florida". In Evans, Cement Anslem (ed.). Confederate military history; a library of Confederate States history (PDF). Vol. 11. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Co. p. 160.
- ^ a b c Marvel 2006, p. 92
References
- Evans, Clement (1899). Confederate military history: a library of Confederate States history, Volume 11. Confederate Pub. Co.
- Evans, Clement (2004). Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, Written by Distinguished Men of the South, Volume 11. The Minerva Group, Inc. p. 504. ISBN 1-4102-1382-X.
- Marvel, William (2006). Lee's last retreat: the flight to Appomattox. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-5703-3.
- Warner, Ezra J. (1989). Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. ISBN 0-8071-0823-5.