Honorific Prefix: | Reverend Captain |
George E. Brewer[1] | |
Order1: | Adjutant General of Alabama |
Term Start1: | 1866 |
Term End1: | 1866 |
Governor1: | Robert M. Patton |
Order2: | Member of the Alabama Senate, District 15 (Coosa County) |
Term Start2: | 1859 |
Term End2: | 1863 |
Governor2: | Andrew B. Moore (1857–1861) John Gill Shorter (1861–1863) |
Order3: | Member of the Alabama House of Representatives, Coosa County |
Term Start3: | 1857 |
Term End3: | 1859 |
Governor3: | Andrew B. Moore |
Order4: | Superintendent of Education, Coosa County |
Term Start4: | 1856 |
Term End4: | 1856 |
Governor4: | John A. Winston |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1832 |
Birth Place: | Newton County, Georgia, US |
Death Place: | Columbus, Georgia, US |
Children: | 8 |
Profession: | Historian, educator, legislator, minister |
Education: | Robinson Springs Academy, Elmore County, Alabama |
Blank1: | Ordination |
Data1: | Elder Platt Stout, Missionary Baptist Church, October 1860[2] |
Allegiance: | Confederate States of America |
Branch: | Confederate States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1862–1865 |
Rank: | Captain |
Unit: | Company A, 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment |
The Reverend George Evans Brewer (October 31, 1832 – January 23, 1922) was an American historian, educator, legislator, and Baptist minister from the State of Alabama. He held office in the Alabama State Senate (1859–1863) and the Alabama House of Representatives (1857–1859), was elected to the office of Superintendent of Education of the County of Coosa, Alabama in 1856, and was appointed Adjutant General of Alabama by Governor Robert M. Patton in 1866.