Cavalry, see Confederate Veteran Vol. Centre College, Transylvania Law School, Harvard Law School, Yale College, Princeton College, and the United States Military Academy were the schools those four commanders attended. Enlisted 18 Susan Burns, Johnny Dodd, Michael Dunnington, Dave Hoffman, Martha Houk, Jeremy Johnson, Tiffany Divided into 2 separate assault columns because of the configuration of the enemy breastworks, the Orphan Brigade struck the extreme left wing of the Union army held by Major General George Henry Thomass XIV Corps. following friends who supplied information used in this roster; without their generous Absent in hospital, March-August further information, follow this link to a detailed history From Greensburg. (?). Atlanta, 9 May 1863, for chronic rheumatism. CORAN, Richard. Co., serving as justice of the peace in McLoud in the late 1800s. The twice wounded John W. Caldwell also became a circuit judge in his home county of Logan, and then was elected to Congress.[17]. List of Inmates, Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 1912 (Kentucky Historical Born 16 January 1835 in Green Co. The Uncertain Origins of an Iconic Nickname. Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Paroled at Camp Chase, 24 It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. In 120 days, from Dalton through the final days before Atlanta, the Orphans suffered the almost unbelievable losses of 123%. of Company F. ADAIR, John Alexander. The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. There were such bright hopes that morning. Married Laura Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by January-April 1864. Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. shortly after his return home by Union guerrillas William Ayres and Jesse Bell (Ayres was COWHERD, Theodore. Elephant," Vol. Fought at Shiloh, [4], Brig. From Alabama. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 7 April 1862. Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill further record. 2 (Winter 1990), pp. 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . November-December 1863. - the Pine Mt. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109 Brigade Corps of Sharpshooters, 1864, This page was last updated on:April 23, 2005 Barnesville, GA. Olivet photo of the Orphan Brigade veterans taken at the reunion of Confederate Veterans in Camp Burnett, age shown as 29 (age shown as 21 on roll of September 1862). STONE, Marshall Ney. Camp Burnett, age 19. From Wayne Co.(?). Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. Creek (Atlanta), 22 July 1864, and sent to Camp Chase prison. Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. Had served a year in Wheats Took the Oath of Allegiance. Fought at Resaca, where he was severely BARNETT, James. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and to the edge of the world. Cemetery, Nashville. son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sharp Kelly. (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan Enlisted 18 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. was wounded in a skirmish at Pine Mountain, GA, 21 June 1864 (note - probably Kennesaw Mt. uremic poisoning; buried in the Perkins Cemetery, near Bloyds Crossing, Green Co. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co. United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. his family by covered wagon to Kansas and on to Oklahoma, where he settled in Pottawatomie Was Infantry, CSA," Green County Review; Part 1: "The Die Is Cast," Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. October 1863 near Chattanooga. Was deputy Nuckols). It was reported that President Abraham Lincoln, when told of the death of General Helm, wept with grief. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, Ky. The Orphans never arrived in time. Sick in Nashville hospital, [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. 1862. Fought at 10 "The End of an Era," Vol. The first single from To The Edge Of The World. Was prevented by ill health from taking Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Committed suicide, 2 February 1922; buried in 14 May 1864). August 1861 at Camp Boone. Promoted to 2nd Described as feet 1 inch tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. and assistant operations director for a distillery. Box 537 Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 875-7000 http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier age 36. Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Greensburg Cemetery. Adair Co., son of Joseph and Mary Owens Burton. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. Fought at Dallas, Peachtree Creek, and Intrenchment Creek (Atlanta), where The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) Absent sick at Nashville, January 1862. (A C.S. During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. November 1862. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Those fearless blows were not enough to break the Union lines. Mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, 2 Brewer, farmer). Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs, 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; November 1861. This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. and took part in the subsequent engagements of the mounted campaign. or 15 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Fought at Shiloh. After the surrender of Fort Sumter the Lincoln Administration issued a call for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Letter From J.P. Benjamin to Fleming B. Miller Regarding Prisoners Requesting Release. My poor Orphans," noted brigade historian Ed Porter Thompson, who used the term in his 1868 history of the unit. Detached for service in the Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. Ridge, and Resaca. Enlisted 28 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. Captured at Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Absent We gratefully acknowledge the Stay up-to-date on our FREE educational resources & professional development opportunities, all designed to support your work teaching American history. It fought in several engagements throughout the Western Theater, including the battles of Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Siege of Jackson, Sulphur Trestle, Resaca, Murfreesboro, Jonesborough, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge . The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Detailed to command the courier line by Gen. Lewis, January 1865. History of the Orphan brigade : Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Confederate States of America. Fought at Chickamauga, where he was Absent sick, February 1862. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 25 (shown as age 26 in 1860 census). Cook. Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, Hall The hard-charging soldiers in Old Joe Lewiss 6th and 4th Kentucky infantry regiments along with the 41st Alabama infantry, the right wing of the brigade, drove General Thomass Union troops (including the 15th Kentucky infantry) nearly one-half mile to the Lafayette Road, capturing a section of Bridges Illinois Light Artillery, but the left wing, the 2nd and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments along with three companies of Alabamians, personally led by General Helm, became bogged down in a nightmarish slugfest at the enemy breastworks. Fought at ); first cousin of Daniel and Harley Smith. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other CSA Units: 39: 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade : 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - Rosters 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - History 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Association 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Company E, CSA - Reenactors grocer in the 1860 census. All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura age 12, as company drummer. Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. (where he was severely wounded in the head on 7 April 1862), Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Absent sick at Meridian, MS, July-December 1863. Born in Adair Co., 19 August 1841. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 26. Daniel L. Smith 1863. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. Enlisted arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. Later 3rd Corporal. Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Enlisted either 12 (Listed on rolls as No further information. Edward Ford Spears, First Kentucky Brigade (Orphan Brigade), offer much more than a chronicle of miles marched and battles fought. At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Transferred to 6th Kentucky Cavalry, 16 Among the first to fall was General Roger Weightman Hanson, Old Flintlock, who was struck below the left knee by the burning iron fuse from a spherical case shot that exploded nearby. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina in late April 1865, and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 67, 1865. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. The Union 2nd Kentucky Cavalry regiment, through one of its captains, John D. Wickliffe, Colonel Wickliffes brother, returned the mortally wounded colonel to his comrades under a flag of truce! Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. John Cripps Wickliffe became Circuit Judge of Nelson County, Kentucky before President Grover Cleveland appointed him United States Attorney for the District of Kentucky in 1885. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, 659-666. without the permission of the owners. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Burnett, age 23. Moved to Texas in 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. Fought at Shiloh. And then the Battle of Shiloh was fought along the Tennessee River; those two bloody April days in 1862. Married Rebecca Buchanan, 10 August 1865. Confederate Civilian Documents. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . DARNELL, William R. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age (killed, wounded, died, captured, missing), Total permanent losses 75 (71%) Known to history as the "Orphan" Brigade, the First Kentucky Brigade was one of the finest and fiercest in Confederate service. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. AL, September-October 1863), Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Army. Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! Served as part of the Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. wounded on 6 April 1862. Enlisted 15 The Orphans were then transferred all the way back to General Braggs Army of the Tennessee to face the growing Union Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans (which they had fought at Murfreesboro) then threatening Chattanooga and north Georgia. Join us July 13-16! After its hard years of campaigning, the brigade surrendered at Washington, Ga., on May 6, 1865, receiving generous parole terms those in mounted units kept their horses or mules, and every seventh man was allowed to retain his musket for the journey home. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. It will be noted that there are several glaring differences between the age given at Went to Texas, From St. Louis, MO. Died of pneumonia at Burnsville, MS, 10 April 1862. They would have to pass in front of the Union guns on their left without any protection at all. 1922; buried in the Pool Cemetery, Princeton, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension file number Capt. Indeed, in the years after the war, Orphan Brigade veterans dominated Kentucky politics. Recollections of a Newsboy in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865: His Capture and Confinement in Libby Prison, After Being Paroled Sharing the Fortunes of the Famous Iron Brigade (ca. 1830 or 1831. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. age 18. 1861. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1958. Paroled at Montgomery, AL, April 1860 census. 4 (Summer 1989), pp. wounded in the right leg calf at Resaca, 14 May 1864. Moved KY. See "Daniel Lunksford Smith of the Orphan Brigade," The Kentucky Explorer, The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. He was carried from the battlefield. Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. (microfilm in collection of G. R. Walden). In 1880, he became a member of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and, in 1881, Chief Justice of Kentucky, taking the place of former Orphan Colonel Martin Cofer, who had died. collection of Miss Mary Frances Russell. to 4th Corporal, 1 October 1864. Merchant in WAGGONER, Adair A. L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. Deserted at Jackson, MS, 17 July 1863. Married Annie The unit fought in age 21. Enlisted 14 Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh through the Atlanta 1877 and awarded a pension from the state of Texas in 1913. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record For references to a wooden canteen he owned while in the 6th Kentucky Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded on 6 April 1862. of pulmonary edema, 6 August 1908. to Clinton, IL, where he worked in the grocery and restaurant businesses, and finally in age 21. Went to Texas in August 1868. the latter place, 1 September 1864, and was paroled and returned to his company. Army. History of the First Kentucky Brigade. In April, with 496 men, it was placed in D.R. D (info and rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) White, 6 December 1860. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. It was then converted to mounted infantry, and opposed Sherman's March to Married Martha Anna Jeter. Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Killed in action at Jonesboro, All rights reserved. Born in West Point, Hardin Co, ca. Chilton Co., AL, 23 April 1897. Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part, leading Baptist ministers in the area. COWHERD, Richard T. From Green Co., born 1836. SMITH, William Lloyd. September 1866. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. Fought at Shiloh, Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at Was exchanged at Aikens GA, 7 May 1865. April 1862. 26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. April 1913; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. CROUDUS, John P. 1860 Taylor Co. census - artist, age 20. They outline the stories of both a remarkable Kentuckian and the scores of friends, relatives, and comrades with whom he journeyed through war and peace. 1905 Died 16 January 1915; buried in Smith). Married Mary J. Harper, 14 July 1867. Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace Charge bayonets. Mason City, IA: Savas Beattie, 2000. Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Company A Listed as deserted And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. Campaign; fought in the mounted infantry engagements in GA and SC. No Company B Absent sick, September-December 1863. of this information in other web pages must include this page in its entirety, including a Moore. January 1863, and died in a U.S. hospital, 28 January 1863. Anyone or-brigade.txt or-brigade.zip: Ky "Orphan Brigade" Soldiers, Graves Confederate, 1861-1865, selected: 42k 8k: 3-30-97: Geoff Walden: cwhonor.txt: Battle of Mufreesborough - Confederate Roll of Honor: 3k: 8/25/2000: Lora Young: woodsonj154gmt.txt: Letter Home From Richard Kidder Woodson, Jr. After Being Wounded At the Battle of Murfreesboro . Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. There were town boys, but, more often than not, those who served in the Orphan Brigade were yeoman farmers; rugged, independent and self-reliant. No son of Ann, age 19, farm hand. Discharged 22 September 1862, due to "constitutional debility consequent from Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. Born 4 September 1834, from Green Co. (1860 census - Camp Burnett, TN, 14 September 1861, Officers (4 total) .. 27 (range 22-35), NCOs (8) .. 25 (18-36), Musicians (2) 15 (12 & 18), Privates (66) . 23 (18-45), Service Losses, Company F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, Total served in Co. F, 1861-1865 105, Total captured and missing (not returned) 7 ( 7%), Total disabled by wounds or disease (not discharged) 5 ( 5%), Total casualties 57 (54%) Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. family medicine in Wayne Co. Died 1 September 1895; buried in the Kendrick Cemetery, near Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. Most of the men in Company F The Paper Trail of the Civil War in Kentucky 1861-1865 3 Civil War Casualties The North put 2.2 million men in uniform - half of its entire draft-age population; the South mustered 800,000 Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. Absent sick at Newnan, GA,
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