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Texas Confederate Colonel Henry P. Brewster (1816-1884)

Alpine · Brewster County · placed 1963

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Brewster County, Texas

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County named for Texas Confederate Colonel Henry P. Brewster, 1816-1884. South Carolinian; came to Texas, 1836.

Attorney General, State of Texas, 1847-49. When South seceded he was instrumental in recruiting post office personnel, gathering property, arms, munitions of war from Texas for the Confederacy. Appointed Adjutant and Inspector General under General Albert S.

Johnston. Assigned special duty under General John B. Hood.

Buried 60 fathoms deep in the Gulf of Mexico at his request. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy Erected by the State of Texas 1963

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