Brewster, William Root

Life Span
to
Full name
William Root Brewster
Place of Birth
Goshen, CT
Burial Place
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
3
No. of Spouses
1
Family
Nelson Brewster (father), Lucretia Root Brewster (mother), Julia W. Waldron (wife) 
Occupation
Military
Other
Other Occupation
Tax Official
Government
Johnson Administration (1865-69)
Military
Union Army
Date Event
At Gettysburg, Union General Daniel Sickles disregards orders and loses much of his III Corps and his right leg
Gettysburg Campaign
How to Cite This Page: "Brewster, William Root," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40216.