courtesy of McCrea-Brady |
John enlisted in the "Southern Guard" under the command of CPT H. J. Williams on 17 Apr 1861. He was with the unit when it was mustered into Confederate States service as D Company 5th Virginia Infantry on 1 Jun 1861 and at the battles of Falling Waters, First Manassas, First Kernstown, McDowell, Front Royal, First Winchester, and, finally, at Port Republic where PVT Brubeck was one of nine men killed in action on 9 Jun 1862.
PVT Brubeck was buried at Mount Tabor Luthern Church Cemetery at Middlebrook, Virginia.
John's wife Frances died of diptheria less than one month after John's death and the two children were apparently raised by their maternal grandmother and other relatives. The couple have many descendants living today.
John's brothers David Franklin Brubeck and James Louis Brubeck also served as PVTs in D Company and Adam Snyder Brubeck also served as a PVT in D Company 25th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.
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