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Re: Captain Calvin C. Brewer, Companies E/B, 16th

Believe these are two separate individuals, same name, living not too far apart.

C. C. Brewer, age 35/31, resident of Warren County, Tenn.,1st Lieutenant, Capt. Ed. J. Wood's Company, 5th Tennessee Regiment Provisional Army*, joined for duty and enrolled and elected 1st Lieut. September 6, 1861 at Camp Smartt near McMinnville, Tenn. by E. J. Wood for 12 months, recorded as sick in Quarters October 30, 1861, released from service May 15, 1862 by the Conscript Act,** his file contains correspondence between the Adjutant General, War Department with Mrs. W. Mark Harrison, Nashville, Tenn. dated May 16, 1921

* This company was successively designated as Company H, Mountain Rifle Regiment Tennessee Volunteers; Captain Wood's Company and Company G, 5th Tennessee Regiment Provisional Army; and Company G, 35th Regiment Tennessee Infantry

** This would indicate that he was not re-elected Lieutenant on the re-organization of the Army May, 1862

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C. C. Brewer, Captain, Company E, 16th Tennessee Infantry, appointed Lieutenant and enlisted May 23, 1861 at Camp Harris, Franklin County, Tennessee by W. P. Davis for 12 months, directed on April 10, 1862, Capt. C. C. Brewer and two others of the16th Tenn. were directed to report to the Commissary Deptartment as a board of inspections to Report upon some Salt Beef, Flour and Bacon intended for Issue to the Troops of this Command, Honorably discharged by reorganization May 24, 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi, age 33

M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee

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1860 United States Federal Census about C C Brewer
Name: C C Brewer Farmer
Age in 1860: 33
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Warren, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Post Office: McMinnville
Household Members:
Name Age
C C Brewer 33
Christian A Brewer 30
Sarah C Brewer 11
Nancy C Brewer 9
Susan P Brewer 8
Melinda J Brewer 7
William P Brewer 5
Mary J Brewer 4
Francis E Brewer 2
Jackson Toliver 18

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1860 United States Federal Census about C C Brewer
Name: C C Brewer Circuit Clerk
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Post Office: Manchester
Household Members:
Name Age
Mercer Brewer 6/12
W M Brewer 24
C C Brewer 30
Nicey Brewer 24
Frances Brewer 7
William Brewer 2

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