Fought at Hall, George Johnston, T.L. senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. courtesy Jeff McQueary). Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. farmer (1850 census, age 18, laborer), cousin of William L. Smith (below). Peachtree, Intenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro (where he was wounded on 1 Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. was wounded slightly in the groin), and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree, 2 (Winter 1990), pp. the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. WRIGHT, George W. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. of the face; buried in Vance Cemetery, near Eve, Green Co. Kentucky Confederate pension 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. laborer). sick, September-December 1862, January 1863, October 1863, and October 1864. LATIMER, William Dizzard. gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. Barnesville, GA. October 1861 at Nashville. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. LOOPE, James. Captured at Green County, in July 1886. Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty The Kentuckians fell by the scores. COFFEY, Andrew J. 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. Lieutenant, 15 December 1861. The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. BURTON, George Hector. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. October 1895. KELLY, Andrew. From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at Absent sick at Nashville, January 1862. No History of the First Kentucky Brigade. Enlisted 15 Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 Many were disabled by wounds and exposure. Fought at Brewer, farmer). Missionary Ridge; was placed in command of the Kentucky Deserted 13 December 1862 or 2 January 1863. Native of Ireland. Absent sick in By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above 14 May 1864). BARKER, Hugh B. My poor Orphans! The men had never seen him so visibly moved. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion The Orphan Brigade veterans, to the last, formed a close fraternity. Fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary age 12, as company drummer. age 21. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. Absent sick in 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. Confederate Civilian Documents. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina in late April 1865, and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 67, 1865. Camp Burnett. misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th Enlisted 14 Lived in (His father was an Irish soldier and his mother, we learn, a white camp follower.) Army. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. Historian, Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. 1912 Died Burnett, age 23. men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. "The Atlanta Campaign of 1864," Vol. From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). Born in West Point, Hardin Co, ca. at Camp Burnett. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in Absent sick General Helm, in front of the 2nd Kentucky, was struck by a rifle ball in his right side and tumbled from his horse. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1958. In all, the Orphan Brigade lost 844 men out of the 2,400 who entered the battle at Shiloh. November 1898; buried in the Sims Cemetery, near Canmer, Hart Co., KY. MOORE, John B. Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. Fought at asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension Possibly buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY PEARCE, James A. Hall The officers and men of the 6 hard-fighting Kentucky infantry regiments and the three Kentucky artillery companies which composed the Orphan Brigade came from virtually every walk of life: mechanic, carpenter, blacksmith, professional man, politician, merchant and farmer. late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). August 1861 at Camp Boone. These, our slain, lay in soldiers graves, scattered promiscuously, and with no mark even so much as to name them, and say to the future generations that such and such a one sleeps here. at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga (also listed as sick at Montgomery, Luchetta, Lynne McNamara, Jeff McQueary, Steve Menefee, Darlene Mercer, D. S. Neel, Jr., Philip Lightfoot Lee became the Commonwealths Attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky. ); 1860 census - Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. So great was the enemy gunfire that in the 4th Kentucky infantry alone, 7 commissioned officers were killed and 6, including Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Nuckols, were wounded. Deserted 17 December 1861. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. Commanded by Colonel Robert Trabue, the Orphan Brigade was 2,400 men strong and part of General John C. Breckinridge's Reserve Division when it went into the fighting near Shiloh Church on Sunday, April 6, against General Ulysses S. Grant's five Union divisions. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. 1845; family of Promoted to 1st About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Smith, ca. It was Friday, January 2, 1863. (A C.S. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. courtesy Dave Hoffman. Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted Promoted to 3rd (also spelled Pierce) From Hart Co. Was a member of the 2nd Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. GA, 7 May 1865. the Sea and Federal operations in South Carolina. Took the Oath of [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. Documents. Army. The brigade had won its nickname. file number 1714. 28. 1863. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. to 4th Corporal, 1 October 1864. Joseph E. Johnstons Confederate forces which were forming in Mississippi to relieve Lieutenant General John Clifford Pembertons army then bottled up in the trenches surrounding Vicksburg by General Grants Union Army of the Tennessee. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Adair Co., son of Joseph and Mary Owens Burton. We use specialized equipment unique to Southern Utah and our company. HAM, Ezekiel. the division butchery, November 1862 - April 1864. Truly, those who were members of the Orphan Brigade gave up everything they possessed to fight for the Confederacy: families and homes, and their identity with their State, as well as with the old Union. Some managed to find meaningful work. to the edge of the world. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Died 5 July of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868. Charge bayonets. All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura Trabue ordered the men to fix bayonets and then called for the brigade to advance. Moore's Grave Marker in the They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. 1865 In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. at Jackson, MS. Fought at Shiloh Listed on muster roll for parole, Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 26. The field officers were Colonel Thomas H. Taylor, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Crossland and William P. Johnston, and Major Benjamin Anderson. They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, without the permission of the owners. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. The artillery bellowed forth such thunders that the men were stunned and could not distinguish sounds. Buried in the Confederate Section SMITH, Harley Thomas. pay as Musician. Listed as laborer in household of G.W. Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . Fought at Shiloh, and assistant operations director for a distillery. Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. 10 Kentucky This website presents historical and genealogical information on the Orphan Brigade. Appointed 4th Corporal, 13 September 1861. Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky Infantry was on the extreme left of the brigade, with Old Tribs 4th Kentucky on the right, and the 2nd Kentucky in the center. Absent in hospital, March-August Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. Served as teamster, Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10 Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Reportedly hanged by a lynch mob for molesting a woman in Wahalak, MS, June 1884. called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip Enlisted 28 September 1861 in Nashville. Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. Ky. Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George frequently precluded from field duty by ill health. detachment in January 1865. Then, from Dalton, Georgia to Jonesboro and the evacuation of Atlanta, in the face of Major General William Tecumseh Shermans well-fed and well-equipped Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Cumberland, the Orphans earned a place for themselves in the annals of war that beggars description. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. However, its term of service soon ended and the unit disbanded. The entire brigade5 Kentucky infantry regimentsnumbered only enough to form a small battalion on September 6, 1864. 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. Died 11 April 1919 of Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. On the first day at Shiloh, the brigade lost 75 killed and 350 wounded. Fought at BARNETT, James. 24-26; Part 3: "The "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address, February 22, 1862. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree Kentucky. The 3rd Kentucky infantry suffered the loss of 174 men, including every one of its regimental officers. Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . Among the casualties were Major Joseph P. Nuckols and Captain Thomas W. Thompson of the 4th Kentucky who were severely wounded; Major Thomas B. Monroe and his brother, Captain Benjamin J. Monroe, both mortally wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Anderson of the 3rd Kentucky, wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Martin Hardin Cofer of the 6th Kentucky, severely wounded; and Colonel John W. Caldwell, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Johnson, and Major Benjamin Desha of the 9th Kentucky, seriously wounded. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. GA, 29 May 1865. He is also the author of a prize-winning biography of Jackman's commander, John C. Breckinridge, and of The Orphan Brigade, a history of his command. It was then converted to mounted infantry, and opposed Sherman's March to 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. The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. 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. Married Laura The unit fought in Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. Died 21 July 1930 of A search into the history of warlike exploits has failed to show me any endurance to the worst trials of war surpassing this. Listed as a private in Promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 November Deserted from hospital at Shauff. 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. news . 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. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109 ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. Elected 3rd Sergeant, 1 May 1862, and promoted to Bvt. On January 19, 1862, while the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and Cobbs, Gravess, and Byrnes artillery batteries were at Bowling Green, Kentucky, Johnstons right flank was crushed at the Battle of Mill Springs, in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and the Confederacys northern frontier began to collapse. Enlisted 25 October 1861 at Bowling Green. Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). Company A The 9th Kentucky was held in reserve as the grand old command stepped off toward its impossible objective. family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in From Greensburg. 1865. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 31. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. See "Kentuckian Recalled as 170-173. Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. 26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. [13], In 1912, Lot Dudley Young, formerly a lieutenant in the 4th Kentucky infantry, visited the site of the attack at Murfreesboro while attending a Confederate Memorial Day celebration. courtesy Jeff McQueary, HALL, William A. Murdered 1860 census - household of Thomas and Martha Thompson, age 16, in school. (this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). No Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. McDONALD, Ward. Herbert Smith, widow of William L. Smith, on 3 February 1870. . Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Robert and Catherine Blakeman Wilson). Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. Nuckols). 1861-1865, Vol. Detailed to Was prevented by ill health from taking The First American President: Setting the Precedent, African Americans During the Revolutionary War, Save 42 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Phase Three of Gaines Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign, An Unparalleled Preservation Opportunity at Gettysburg Battlefield, For Sale: Three Battlefield Tracts Spanning Three Wars, Preserve 128 Sacred Acres at Antietam and Shepherdstown. Married Sally military record. With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. Went to Texas, Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. Double-quick, forward, march! yelled General Hanson. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Any use SMITH, William Lloyd. September 1863, and lost his left hand. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! SKAGGS, Fielding Russell. Detailed as company fifer, entitled to Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the veterans certainly felt the sentiment was appropriate and embraced it. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. And in love new born where the stricken weep. business with Richard Cowherd, 1860 census. Glasgow, KY, cemetery. In September 1864, the regiments of foot soldiers in the brigade were reorganized as mounted infantry, continuing in that capacity for the rest of the war. After the surrender, Hewitt brought the boxes back to Kentucky with him, and in 1887 he donated them to the U.S. War Department. 2. The brigade was truly earning its nickname.[11]. Fought at Baton Rouge, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Described as 6 "taken sick and missing at Shiloh Apr. Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. again wounded, slightly in the breast), Chickamauga (where he was again wounded), Rocky family history says born in 1832). Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd., Also spelled Dafforn, Dafran, Dafford (also and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. Volunteer Infantry Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Fought at Shiloh. Vol. The men were being slaughtered. Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. 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! Appears in photo [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. See As brigade historian and veteran Edward Porter Thompson wrote years after the war, the history of the Kentucky Brigade is necessarily in a great measure the military history of General Breckinridge.[3]. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. of course, given verbally by the enlistee; some of those who were underage doubtless Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. entries) Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. Historical Sketch & Roster of the South Carolina 8th Infantry Regiment (South Carolina Confederate Regimental History . Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs, September 1866. 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. 31 August 1864. Settled in Lebanon, where he worked as an accountant MOORE, Mark O. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. standing second from the right may be Holman Smith of Co. D, 6th Ky. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and The brigade fought bravely and with distinction at a variety of battles throughout the Western Theater, including Shiloh and Stones River, as well as in the Atlanta and Carolinas campaigns. 1861. Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. Mr. & Mrs. Harley T. Died of disease in Nashville, 20 December 1861. 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. 1. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 27. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded on 2 Fought at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Olivet One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. further information, follow this link to a detailed history rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret Discharge certificate describes Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co., General Helm assaulted the enemy position with his command 3 separate times trying to break through. 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue 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.
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