Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 November 1862. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . DAVIS, Martin L. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. 14, No. The Orphans stood tall among the Confederates assaulting Baton Rouge. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton
Buried in Confederate Circle, Mt. Product details Publisher : University of South Carolina Press (February 1, 1997) Language : English Paperback : 184 pages ISBN-10 : 1570031649 (all sons of John Moore, Greensburg jailor). Confederate Civilian Documents. Reduced to 4th Sergeant, 18 March 1862. 1830 or 1831. Other units that joined the Orphan Brigade, Formally in but not directly serving with. pay as Musician. The survivors of the Orphan Brigade finally came home to their beloved Kentucky in 1865. Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! at Jackson, MS. Absent in hospital, March-August
Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace Green, age 19 or 20. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Militia, Confederate States of America. BOSTON, George. and took part in the subsequent engagements of the mounted campaign. Moore. ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. September 1863, and lost his left hand. GENT, John A. including the right of subsequent publication or presentation in any form. elected 3rd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. (standing on the left; the man
Returned to the company in April 1864, but was absent sick in Eatonton, GA,
Fought at
Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer
The 4th Kentucky not only lost heavily in officers and men, it suffered the final loss of its brave colonel, Joseph P. Nuckols, to a disabling wound. The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Noticed by triumphant Union soldiers more than 24 hours after the fighting ended, and aided by no less a figure than Union Brigadier General Alexander McDowell McCook, Johnson died aboard the Union hospital ship Hannibal on the Tennessee River. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to
Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. Listed as druggist in the 1860 Green Co.
age 24. SMITH, William Lloyd. Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro,
The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." The unit fought in most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh through the Atlanta Campaign. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Discharge certificate describes
The 5th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Prestonsburg in eastern Kentucky and would fight there during the first 2 years of war and then at Chickamauga. Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor for
further information, follow this link to a detailed history
HOME The Orphan Brigade The Orphan Brigade Street Address City, State, Zip Phone Number Soundtrack To A Ghost Story Your Custom Text Here The Orphan Brigade TOUR DATES THE FILM STORE VIDEO PHOTOS CONTACT The Orphan Brigade - Banshee [OFFICIAL VIDEO] Watch on The Official Music Video for BANSHEE. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. in list of inmates, Pewee Valley Confederate Home, 1912. ), and promoted to 2nd Corporal, 12
Buried in the Confederate Section
Cavalry, see Confederate Veteran Vol. Paroled at Camp Chase, 24
5, No. The item History of the Orphan brigade, by Ed Porter Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and
From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at
The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas
6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. Riding among the brigade's survivors at Stone's River, Breckenridge, now the division commander, lamented the bloody results of a charge he had vehemently opposed ordering. Mason City, IA: Savas Beattie, 2000. Society). Title History of the Orphan brigade. THOMPSON, J. F. Enlisted 24 or 26 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. at the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 22 May 1907; buried in the Pewee Valley
HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. Nichols McKinney. Absent sick and returned to duty,
Married Laura L. Baker, 1 June
Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. Inf., is James Bell, Co. D, 6th Ky. Inf. does appear on rolls of the 42nd Georgia Infantry.). My poor Orphans! The men had never seen him so visibly moved. Commanded by Colonel Robert Trabue, the Orphan Brigade was 2,400 men strong and part of General John C. Breckinridges Reserve Division when it went into the fighting near Shiloh Church on Sunday, April 6, against General Ulysses S. Grants five Union divisions. This FREE annual event brings together educators from all over the world for sessions, lectures, and tours from leading experts. HOLLIDAY, Frank W. (also listed as W. Frank Holliday) From Adair Co. Enlisted
BARLOW, Thomas B. Rejoined
on roll dated 2 December 1862. That was followed by reunions in Lexington in 1883, Elizabethtown in 1884, Glasgow in 1885, Cynthiana in 1886, Bardstown in 1887, Frankfort in 1888, Louisville in 1889, Lawrenceburg in 1890, Owensboro in 1891, Paris in 1892, Versailles in 1893, Russellville in 1894, Bowling Green in 1895, and finally Nashville, Tennessee in 1896. March 1862. 1863. The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 4th, Confederate States of America. Losses had been fearsome. Kentucky eventually declared itself for the Union. Chilton Co., AL, 23 April 1897. Named to
While about 1,512 Orphans were present for duty in May 1864 at Dalton, Georgia, only 513 reported present for duty on September 6. Absent sick at
Biography in Perrin, Battle, &
to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as
Ky. Dropped from the rolls by 30 April 1862. (?). Thompson, Edward Porter. Deserted from hospital at
Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States Vice President, and Kentucky's former Senator, who was enormously popular with Kentuckians. No text or photos may be reproduced
Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. Some men had no arms at all. "The Atlanta Campaign of 1864," Vol. Company C
Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Although almost always without adequate clothes, and most of the time, ravenously hungry and ill-equipped, they fought in an armythe Army of the Tennessee which was often poorly led and, consequently, suffered devastating blows from an enemy of overwhelming numbers sent to the field by a nation that had an industrial capacity second-to-none on earth and with a government that focused and unleashed, for its time, almost unlimited political, economic and military might. October 1863 near Chattanooga. his family by covered wagon to Kansas and on to Oklahoma, where he settled in Pottawatomie
Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May
(roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan
gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. 31 August 1864. "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. Born July 1841 in Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September
Co. F, 4th Ky. Inf. Roster - RootsWeb Oath of Allegiance in prison, and dropped from the rolls, September 1863. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly"
During those terrible months the Confederacys northern frontier in the West steadily gave way in the face of a Union juggernaut elements of which (the Army of the Ohio) entered Nashville in February and another element (the Army of the Tennessee) ascended the Tennessee River nearly all the way to the northern border of Alabama by April. Anyone
The Orphans never stepped foot on their native soil. Lieutenant, 15 December 1861. Fought in
Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. Re-issued. Peachtree, Intenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro (where he was wounded on 1
Moved
Died of disease at Bowling Green, 15 November 1861. Army. Colonel Robert Paxton Trabue, a native of Columbia, Kentucky and the grandson of Daniel Trabue, one of the earliest Virginia pioneers to enter Kentucky, was also a largely self-educated lawyer. History of the Orphan brigade. | Library of Congress business with Richard Cowherd, 1860 census. Deserted 10
Thomas. Died 18
Phebe Willock). Was exchanged at Aikens
and with the dismounted detachment during the campaign as mounted infantry. Appears in photo taken at 1905 Louisville Confederate veterans reunion. Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at
Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. Enlisted 3 November 1861 at Bowling Green, age
Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. In doing so, they gave up everything. Buchanan in 1860
Died 20 July 1926 of
January 1863; returned to the company in May 1863. 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. From Green Co.; son of John A. W. Smith (? Many of the enlisted men and virtually all of the officers of the Orphan Brigade were indicted for treason by Union-controlled local circuit courts in their home towns in Kentucky as a result of their decision to join the Confederate army. wounded on 6 April 1862. Gen. Benjamin H. Helm was mortally wounded while leading the Kentucky Brigade at Chickamauga. Born in 1840; 1860 Green Co. census - field hand, son of
Died 21 July 1930 of
The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. to 4th Corporal, 1 October 1864. At Camp Boone, Colonel Roger Weightman Hansons 2nd Kentucky Infantry was organized along with Colonel Lloyd Tilghmans, and subsequently Colonel Benjamin M. Andersons, 3rd Kentucky Infantry as well as Captain Robert H. Cobbs Kentucky Battery, and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky Battery. sheriff in Taylor Co. in the late 1850s. BARNETT, James. WHELAN, Michael. And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Committed suicide, 2 February 1922; buried in
Civil War Ky Archives TOC Initially, the Orphans were helmed by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckenridge, who was wildly popular among the men, even after he was promoted and transferred. Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William
Philip Lightfoot Lee became the Commonwealths Attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky. Diary of Confederate Soldier: Jackman, John S., Davis, William C KY. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. They were mounted and fought General Shermans advance into the Carolinas only to be forced to surrender in early May 1865 at Washington, Georgia, not far from Augusta. Burnett, age 23. The "Orphan Brigade" was one of the most famous units in the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the time of the Battle of Chickamauga and a Confederate official once defined it as "the finest body of men and soldiers." Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. Susan Burns, Johnny Dodd, Michael Dunnington, Dave Hoffman, Martha Houk, Jeremy Johnson, Tiffany
age 25. Sick at Bowling Green, January 1862. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Absent sick at Nashville, January 1862. Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. from a cdv in the author's collection. WAGGONER, Adair A. the orphan brigade. In a moment, the frozen and desolate landscape exploded in the faces of the Orphans. The diaries and letters of the Orphans reveal that those men were deeply religious; many were firm Southern Baptists, although their commanders were, in large measure, Presbyterians and Episcopalians. See "Kentuckian Recalled as
He returned to his company in SC and fought in the
Johnsons horse was shot down early in the advance, but he picked up a musket and joined Captain Benjamin James Monroes Company E, 4th Kentucky Infantry, as a foot soldier. Fourths Finest Hour," Vol. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone,
One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. 1860 census. PRICE, Benjamin. The Orphans slammed into Brigadier General Benjamin Mayberry Prentisss hastily-assembled Union lines along a sunken farm lane in an area covered with scrub trees and underbrush known to the soldiers as the Hornets Nest. As the fighting intensified, General Breckinridge, fearing the brigade was being prematurely withdrawn, led the Kentuckians himself. MOORE, Mark O. part in the earlier engagements, but fought at Chickamauga. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. grocer in the 1860 census. MOORE, William B. Spellings are shown as they appear on period muster rolls and rosters, with
generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other
September 1863. County or Nelson County, KY. WHITE, John B. Box 537 Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 875-7000 http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ Detailed to
Orphan Brigade - Hamilton Guards, Company G., Second Kentucky - Google The war had moved into Kentucky with Generals Braxton Braggs and Edmund Kirby Smiths invasion of the Orphans native state in the summer and fall of 1862. October 1861 at Bowling Green, age 29 (military file shows age 19, apparently incorrect;
1860 census. 20-21; Part 5:
5 feet 4 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. Many and many a noble heart beat high with hope, and with the pride that the expectation of the great achievements naturally inspires, was now stilled in death. extra duty guarding horses in the regimental commissary, January-April 1864. Retired in Louisville and died there,
Oldham Co., where he taught school, and later worked in the Louisville Public Works Dept. MAYS, Joseph D. (also spelled Mayze) From Green Co. Enlisted 11 September
Moreover, as it turned out, they were forced to fight the entire war far from the borders of their beloved Commonwealth. From Dalton, Georgia, when the brigade withdrew toward Atlanta with Shermans legions pressuring their rear and when the command boasted 1,512 officers and men strong, to Jonesboro, the Orphan Brigade recorded 1,860 cases of death and wounds, 23% more than there were men in those 5 peerless regiments! in 1905. Promoted to 1st
senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. From St. Louis, MO. 1865. Love, Poverty And War: Journeys And Essays [PDF] [5qkamljh8p80] Paroled at Washington,
Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Enlisted 14
Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. By 1882, they began holding annual reunions, the first being held at the Blue Lick Springs Hotel in Robertson County that year. Promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 November
better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch,
AL, September-October 1863), Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from
On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. The beastly winters fight at Fort Donelson, the capitulation of that bastion on the Cumberland River on February 16, 1862 where Colonel Roger W. Hanson and his 2nd Kentucky Infantry and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky battery surrendered with General Buckner, and the heart-rending retreat out of Kentucky, through Nashville, Tennessee to Corinth, Mississippi of the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Byrnes and Cobbs batteries were bitter memories to those Orphans. Chickamauga. Enlisted 18
Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. Learn more. Died at Nashville, 10 November 1861. from a reunion photo taken in 1905
Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record
It was to no avail. Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. No
of course, given verbally by the enlistee; some of those who were underage doubtless
line had already been abandoned by then). IL. Died 28
Settled in Oldham Co. as a farmer. officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. Louisiana Battalion, and enlisted in Co. F on 10 October 1862 at Knoxville, TN. Was
Cemetery, Nashville. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and
courtesy Jeff McQueary. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and
PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. 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. Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George
Surrendered
Fought at Shiloh. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. IRVINE, Henry C. From Columbia, KY. Mustered into service 13
Madison and Liticia Williams Smith (first cousin of Harley T., Samuel W., and William L.
Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd.,
The 1st Kentucky Artillery (also known as Cobb's Battery) was an artillery battery that was a member of the Orphan Brigade in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. January 1862. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co.,
Any use
Muster Roll for Parole, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Washington, GA, 7 May
The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 or 14 September 1861 at
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. The Orphans never arrived in time. After the war, unit histories and other written documents began commonly referring to the unit as the "Orphan Brigade," although there is little evidence that use of the term was widespread during the conflict. The Confederate Regiments of Kentucky Nashville, January 1862. A search into the history of warlike exploits has failed to show me any endurance to the worst trials of war surpassing this. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 300 Coffee Tree Road P.O. 7 (January 1996), pp. file number 1714. of Co. F, 4th Ky. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. orphan brigade rostergarlic stuffed roast beef. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Johnston, who could truly size up the soldiers in both theatres of war, remarked once that the Orphan Brigade was the finest body of men and soldiers I ever saw in any army anywhere.[2]. Lieutenant on 15 December 1861, and to Captain on 17 February 1863. The Orphan Brigade | American Battlefield Trust The hoped-for reunion with Kentucky soil was not to be, however. EDWARDS, Frank M. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. From Alabama. November 1861. Fought at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to
Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Green. age 36. Daniel B. Rucker, ca. Fought in the mounted campaign. The Orphan Brigade by William C. Davis - goodreads.com Born 28 May 1827 in Lawrence Co.,
Confederate widows pension file number 4567. Andrew Jackson "Jack" Russell
26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. further military record. 1865
Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. His widow married William A. Smith. GAFFORD, John B. Promoted to Major on 13 February 1863, and to Lt. The brigade was composed of the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Cobbs, Byrnes and Gravess batteries of artillery, and, at times, the 3rd Kentucky Infantry and the 5th Kentucky Infantry. Click here to see the complete
6 August 1864. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and
Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle,
Married Francis "Fanny" Adams in 1878, and moved
John Blakeman. They also (this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. The men were being slaughtered. Paroled
Moore's Grave Marker in the
Civil War Documents for Free Genealogy Research - ConfederateVets.com Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the
Adair. September 1931, the last survivor of Company F. Buried in the Howell Cemetery, Allendale,
BARKER, Hugh B. at Camp Burnett. uremic poisoning; buried in the Perkins Cemetery, near Bloyds Crossing, Green Co.
Absent sick in
service from Taylor Co., KY. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6
12, No. 13, No. alternate spellings shown where known. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. 17-18. Enlisted either 12
Nuckols). courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave
Rosters of the Orphan Brigade - RootsWeb By the end of the war, Kentucky had raised 55 Union infantry regiments and numerous infantry and Home Guard battalions, 17 Union cavalry regiments, and 5 batteries of Union artillery from every geographic region of the Commonwealth, including the rich lands of the Bluegrass. Enlisted 1
pioneer corps, July-August 1863. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone,
Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. Absent
Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro,
Listed as deserted at Bowling Green, 18 December
mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. Fought at Shiloh. Baton Rouge. 52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the
He
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census. No further
May 1865. 17 (1909), p. 525 and Vol. No further information. Age 27 on roll of
Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. 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. record. Slowly the Kentuckians gave way until they were out of range of the enemy guns. They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. of the face; buried in Vance Cemetery, near Eve, Green Co. Kentucky Confederate pension
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