(August 26, 1835, Tuskegee, ALβ June 20, 1882, Tallahassee, FL) was an American military officer best known for having served in the Confederate States Army.
During his tenure with the Confederate army, he eventually reached the rank of Brigadier-General.
Brevard was captured by the forces of General George Custer and imprisoned at Johnson's Island.
He later died in 1882.
He was the son of Judge Theodorus W.
Brevard, the namesake of Brevard County, Florida and Caroline E.
Mays Brevard.
He was the son-in-law of Florida territorial governor Richard K.
Call.
The historian and educator Caroline Mays Brevard was his daughter.