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Brickhouse Family Military History
Dedicated to the memory of Brickhouse men who served their country and their state in times of great conflict.

The Revolutionary War
Caleb Brickhouse served in the defense of Roanoke Island, North Carolina against the British in 1778. George Brickhouse - Northampton County, Virginia provided patriotic public service to the United Colonies by storing wheat for the army.
War of 1812
John N. Brickhouse - Private Served in Captain Servern B. Parker's Company of Riflemen of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment, Virginia Militia, commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
Thomas S. Brickhouse - Private Served in Captain Servern B. Parker's Company of Riflemen of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment, Virginia Militia, commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
Smith Brickhouse - Private Served in Captain Servern B. Parker's Company of Riflemen of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment, Virginia Militia, commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
Thomas S. Brickhouse - Private Served in Cornet George Powell's Troop of Calvary of the Twenty Seventh Regiment commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
Smith Brickhouse - Private Served in Cornet George Powell's Troop of Calvary of the Twenty Seventh Regiment commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
George Brickhouse - Private Served in Cornet George Powell's Troop of Calvary of the Twenty Seventh Regiment commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
Thomas Brickhouse - Private Served in Cornet George Powell's Troop of Calvary of the Twenty Seventh Regiment commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
George Brickhouse - Private Served in Captain John Simkins Company of the Twenty Seventh Regiment of the Virginia Militia, Northampton County, Virginia - commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
John Brickhouse - Private Served in Captain Nathaniel Widgeon's Company of the Twenty Seventh Regiment of the Virginia Militia, Northampton County, Virginia commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
Benjamin Brickhouse Served in the First Brigade, First Regiment, Tenth Company detached from Tyrrell Regiment commanded by Captain William Alexander.
Uzzell Brickhouse Served in Cornet George Powell's Troop of Calvary of the Twenty Seventh Regiment commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
William Brickhouse Served in Cornet George Powell's Troop of Calvary of the Twenty Seventh Regiment commanded by Lt. Colonel Major S. Pitts.
John Brickhouse Served in First Regiment, Currituck County, North Carolina commanded by Captain William Bray
Major Brickhouse Served in Second Regiment, Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
Richard Brickhouse Served in Second Regiment, Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
Matthew Brickhouse Served in Second Regiment, Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
The Civil War
Benjamin Dunton Brickhouse Served as an officer in Company H, 16th Regiment, Grandy's Battery (Norfolk Light Artillery Blues)
C.F. Brickhouse Served as private in the Troop I, 15th Regiment, 43rd Regiment and was wounded.
Nathaniel Brickhouse Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, in Troop I, 15th Regiment.
Smith Nottingham Brickhouse Served as a Corporal in Company H, 16th Regiment, Grandy's Battery (Norfolk Light Artillery Blues)
Murry Brickhouse served as a 3rd Sergeant in Company G, 125th Tennessee Volunteers. Enlisted June 1, 1861. Killed at the Battle of Belmont, November 7, 1861.
Doctrine D. Brickhouse served as a private in Company B, 3rd Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery. Born in Tyrrell County where he resided as a farmer and enlisted at age 20, February 4, 1862 for the war.
Franklin L. Brickhouse served as a Corporal in Company B, 3rd Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery. Born in Tyrrell County where he resided as a farmer and enlisted at age 23, February 4, 1862 for the war. Captured at Town Creek February 20, 1865.
John Brickhouse served as a private in Company A, 32nd Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Resided in Tyrrell County and enlisted at Norfolk, Virginia at age 17, October 4, 1861, as a substitute. Died in the hospital at Orange Court House, Virginia, April 7, 1864.
Samuel Brickhouse Served as a private, Company A, 32nd Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Deserted and joined the Union Army at New Bern, North Carolina. Received a Union pension for service in the United States Army.
William P. Brickhouse served as a private, Company A, 32nd Regiment, North Carolina Troops.
Nathan Brickhouse served as a private, Company H, 17th Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Born in Tyrrell County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Martain County at age 25, April 2, 1862 for the war. Discharged May 29, 1862.
Daniel B. Brickhouse  served as a private, Company H, 19th Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Resided in Bertie County and
enlisted in Northampton County at age 25, July 6, 1861 for the war. Died September 18, 1861.
George W. Brickhouse served as a private, Company G, 1st Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Enlisted in Tyrrell County on January 28, 1862 for the war.
John Beasley Brickhouse
served in Company F, 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry under the command of Colonel John H.Forney. He received a disability from the Confederate Army shortly after the Battle of Bull Run in Virginia due to rheumatism from wading the Shenandoah river and sleeping in the rain during and after the battle. He was discharged from the army at Chimborage Hospital, Richmond, Virginia in 1861.
James Howcott Brickhouse served with the 30th Alabama Volunteers, Infantry, during the Civil War. After the war he was Superintendent of Public Instruction for Houston County, Tennessee. He also served as Clerk of the Court and as a Justice of the Peace in Houston County. He moved back to Alabama before his death in 1909 and is buried at Eulation First Baptist Church near Anniston, Alabama.
Joseph Alexander Brickhouse Served with Company C, 21st Texas Cavalry for four years during the Civil War. He received a veteran's pension from the state of Texas after the war. His family settled in Beaumont, Texas.

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