Jacob De Witt Brewster Papers 1855-1865,1892-1896

Herron, Francis Jay, 1837-1902

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Francis J. Herron attended the Western University of Pennsylvania, but left at the age of sixteen without completing his degree to become a bank clerk. In 1855, he joined his three brothers in Dubuque, Iowa, where they established a bank. In 1859, he organized and was elected captain of a militia company known as the "Governor's Grays," which Herron offered to President-elect Abraham Lincoln in January 1861, two months prior to Lincoln's inauguration. In April 1861, Herron was appointed capta...

United States. Army of the Tennessee

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United States. Army of the Frontier, 3rd Division

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Brewster family

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Brewster, Jacob De Witt, 1836-1896

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Jacob De Witt Brewster(1836-1896) was born to Cyrus and Ann (Tappan) Brewster in Montreal, Canada, where his father worked in the family's hardware business. In May 1861, Brewster was commissioned into the 2nd Iowa Infantry as a U. S. Army captain. That October, he was discharged in St. Louis, Missouri, only to be reappointed three days later. During the Civil War, Brewster served as an aide-de-camp to General Francis J. Herron as well as chief of artillery for the Army of the Tennessee at Vicks...