Tallapoosa County AlArchives Biographies.....Brewer, Julius 1841 - May 27, 1862 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: John Simmons http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007486 October 27, 2022, 12:16 pm Author: John Eady Simmons Jr. Julius was born in 1841 in either Newton County or Morgan County in Georgia. His parents were Alford Brewer and Mary Ann Coleman. The parents of Julius had been married in Butts County in 1838. The mother of Julius was the widow of David Coleman prior to her marriage to Alford Brewer. Her maiden name was Douglas. The father of Julius moved the family to Henry County, Georgia by 1850. The family relocated again after 1850 to Tallapoosa County in Alabama. The father of Julius died in 1855 in Tallapoosa County. Julius was named as a legatee in the will of his father. He had half siblings from his father's previous marriage as well as brothers and a sister. His father Alford owned 400 acres in Tallapoosa County as is mentioned in his last will. His plantation was located in Section 31, Township 21, and Range 24. It consisted of the SW 1/4, the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the NE1/4 of that section. This area is south by east of Camp Hill, Alabama. After the death of his father Julius was living with his mother and siblings in Tallapoosa County in 1860. The census record for 1860 indicates female but this is an error. War came to the south and to Alabama by April of 1861. Julius enlisted on 28 Aug 1861 in Company I, Thrasher's Company of the 38th Tennessee Infantry in Memphis, Tennessee. He was listed as sick on the March / April roster in 1862. He died 27 May of 1862 in Jackson, Mississippi in hospital. 38th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 8th (Looney's) Regiment, was organized at Camp Abington, Fayette County, Tennessee, in September, 1861. The men were recruited in the counties of Shelby, Madison, and Wilson. Members of Company G were from Alabama, and Company H, later F, contained men from Georgia. During December it was at Knoxville with 988 men but only 250 arms. As most of these arms were worthless, the General commanding the department did not allow the unit to participate in the Battle of Fishing Creek. Later it was involved in the conflicts at Shiloh and Perryville. In the Battle of Shiloh, on April 6-7, 1862, the 38th was in Colonel Preston Pond’s Brigade, of Ruggles’ Division, and led the charge on Federal General Prentiss’ Division, which resulted in the capture of a battery and about 1000 prisoners. Colonel Pond highly complimented Colonel Looney for “his coolness and intrepidity.” General Polk complimented Colonel Looney and his regiment on the field for their gallant and valuable services. The 38th reported 65 casualties in this battle. It is not known if Julius was in the Battle of Shiloh. He was reported sick on the March/April roster. His mother Mary Ann Brewer applied for and received the bounty claim after his death. Her address at the time was Desoto in Tallapoosa County. It is not known where Julius is buried. Additional Comments: Julius had a brother Rufus King Brewer. He answered the call to arms and enlisted in the 14th Alabama Infantry in Company H in 1861. The Jackson Avengers. Julius had another brother named Lucious. Lucious enlisted in January of 1864 in Company A of Cpt Echols' Provost Guard of the Alabama Reserve Infantry. It later became the 63rd Alabama Infantry. He was at the seige of Blakely and was captured there in April of 1865 and was sent as a prisoner to Ship Island, Mississippi. He was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi on 13 May 1865. Lucious was in the same company as his future brother in law, Tillman S. Simmons. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/tallapoosa/bios/brewer1116gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb