The brigade had won its nickname. Fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary
G, Company B (info and
On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg was surrendered (along with the old 3rd Kentucky Infantry) by General Pemberton and the western frontier of the Confederacy finally vanished. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. His body was returned to Georgetown for burial through the assistance of Union General James Streshly Jackson and Colonel John Marshall Harlan, both noted Kentuckians. Absent sick and returned to duty,
DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Burnett;
a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. 1905
Buried in the Confederate Section
HICKMAN, Edward W. From Davidson Co., TN. Product details Publisher : University of South Carolina Press (February 1, 1997) Language : English Paperback : 184 pages ISBN-10 : 1570031649 claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in
SMITH, Harley Thomas. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. Paroled at Washington,
1865 (Iowa State Historical Society). Absent sick in Nashville,
Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. [3], Captain Fayette Hewitt, Helm's assistant Adjutant-General, had all the Brigade's papers (over twenty volumes of record books, morning reports, letter-copy books as well as thousands of individual orders and reports) boxed up and taken to Washington. Returned to the 2nd Kentucky after that regiment was
HOLLIDAY, Frank W. (also listed as W. Frank Holliday) From Adair Co. Enlisted
Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. 26. January-April 1864. Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . Colonel on 28 February 1863. Some were wholly unable to care for themselves and sank into poverty. Elected 1st
Hall
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Join us July 13-16! (where he was severely wounded in the head on 7 April 1862), Vicksburg, Baton Rouge,
of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. Spellings are shown as they appear on period muster rolls and rosters, with
HAM, Ezekiel. Discharged at
Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed.
4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate) - Wikipedia Fought in the mounted campaign. Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. in list of inmates, Pewee Valley Confederate Home, 1912. * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. Capt. Union recruiting was begun in the state after the legislative elections in August, 1861 at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County, and a pro-Union Home Guard was raised and financed by the state legislature.
Books - Sons of Confederate Veterans of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Fought at Shiloh. Deserted 24 September 1863 at Chattanooga. Old Joe Lewis was elected to the state legislature, and then served three terms in Congress. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co.
Orphan Brigade | Military Wiki | Fandom 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 from a reunion photo taken in 1905
(this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). service, October 1864. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Philip Lightfoot Lee became the Commonwealths Attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky. Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky
History of the First Kentucky Brigade. 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. 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. Died 21 July 1930 of
Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett,
General Breckinridge, a Lexington, Kentucky lawyer, grandson of Thomas Jeffersons attorney general (John Breckinridge), Congressman from Henry Clays Ashland district, former Vice President of the United States under President James Buchanan and United States Senator, was not the only personality of national importance who would lead the Orphans. in the regimental wagon yard, June-December 1863. In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. at the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 22 May 1907; buried in the Pewee Valley
Brown, Kent Masterson and A.D. Kirwan, ed. Camp Burnett, age 18. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 November 1862. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. The irascible Bragg retorted, Sir, my information is different. Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. Was captured at Murfreesboro on 2
(possibly at Oxford, MS). This FREE annual event brings together educators from all over the world for sessions, lectures, and tours from leading experts. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and
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. Fought at Shiloh. Was wounded at the latter place, 20
Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians.
Co. F, 4th Ky. Inf. Roster - RootsWeb medal for
October 1863 near Chattanooga. DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Went to Texas in August 1868. executed after the war for this crime). With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). From Wayne Co.(?). Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. From May 1864 to September 1864 the Orphans lost nearly 1,000 of their number. He was captured at
McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly"
Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor after Murfreesboro, for carrying the
CHAMPION, Matthew. Thomas Kelly
RUDD, Edward P. From Green Co. Enlisted 15 Augsut 1861 at Camp Burnett, age
Transferred to 3rd Kentucky Infantry, 15 April 1862. Some friends of mine once employed the epigraph to Chapter Eight as an epigraph to a study of Kim Philby . Every purchase supports the mission. Appears in photo taken at 1905 Louisville Confederate veterans reunion. Detached for service in the
Smith, Alex Thompson, Jack Russell, Harley
Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 20. Fought at Chickamauga, where he was
Rouge. leading Baptist ministers in the area. Farther south, the brigade entered the bloody fighting near Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 2, 1862 where General Benjamin Hardin Helm, the brigades new commander, was wounded. Died of disease at Lauderdale Springs, 10
Resaca (where he was wounded in the ankle, 15 May 1864). By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. Took part in the campaign as mounted
Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April
of course, given verbally by the enlistee; some of those who were underage doubtless
Absent
Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. Madison and Liticia Williams Smith (first cousin of Harley T., Samuel W., and William L.
Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. And as if those trials were not enough, after February 1862 the brigade was never able to return to Kentucky to fight for its native state; instead, it fought the entire war far from home. complexion, dark hair, and hazel eyes. Paroled at Washington,
Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill
(435) 586-2200 Ally1 has been offering disaster cleanup and restoration services for 20 years. 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. still fighting on 29 April 1865, when it received word it had been surrendered, and
August 1861 at Camp Boone. Chickamauga. The artillery bellowed forth such thunders that the men were stunned and could not distinguish sounds. reserved: Fourth Kentucky Battle Flag, Theodore Cowherd, A.J. letter in the Barren County "Progress," June 1984. Was deputy
Inf., at Muster-In
13, No. Born 23 December 1842 in Columbia, Adair Co.,
November 1861. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at
Part 3 The Orphan Brigade at Vicksburg Although a battle honor for "Vicksburg(h)" appears on original Orphan Brigade flag, and "Vicksburg" is listed as a battle among the company rosters in Thompson's History of the Orphan Brigade (1898), the Orphans' actions there should not be confused with the campaign in the summer of 1863 which resulted in the fall of the city. September 1864). Stay up-to-date on the American Battlefield Trust's battlefield preservation efforts, travel tips, upcoming events, history content and more. Mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, 2
Dr. Benjamin B. Scott
sick, January-February 1864. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. Absent sick at Dalton, GA, September-December 1862. Roster of Company F, 4th Kentucky
From Green Co., family of James Smith,
Some of these
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. The Orphan Brigade veterans, to the last, formed a close fraternity. Born in West Point, Hardin Co, ca. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O.
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. With Kentucky occupied by Union troops early in the war, prominent officers in the brigade learned of the confiscation of their lands and personal property by local courts and the harassment of their wives and children by provost marshals, not to mention warrants outstanding for their arrest. Appointed 2nd Corporal, then promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 April 1863. With supporting brigades too far behind them, the Orphans entered the fighting with their left flank entirely exposed. Fought at Shiloh, where he was killed, 7 April 1862. We use specialized equipment unique to Southern Utah and our company. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. Cemetery. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary
Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty
Fought at Shiloh, where he was
My poor Orphans! The men had never seen him so visibly moved. 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. information on this page. Corporal, 2 September 1862. 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. Volunteer Infantry
Born 17 August 1838 (or 1839) in Columbia, Adair
Paroled 25 May 1865 at
October 1895. No
Died of
Fought at Shiloh,
And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. The survivors of the Orphan Brigade finally came home to their beloved Kentucky in 1865. Army. They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. 1861 at Bowling Green (age shown as 28 on 1862 roll). At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Thomas. Enlisted 14
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! On the tree was inscribed: T.B. 1861 at Camp Boone. BOSTON, Jesse. age 12, as company drummer. Died in Louisville of cardiac
17 (1909), p. 525 and Vol. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. Men had to leave the state to enlist, and this coupled with Kentucky's position behind Union lines for the bulk of the war meant that soldiers had difficulty returning home on furlough and made it nearly impossible for new recruits to fill the depleted ranks. WILLOCK, Hartwell T. From Taylor Co. (1850 census - age 11, son of David and
and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. George Hector Burton, ca. Title History of the Orphan brigade. entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. Geoff Walden, "Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer
Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to
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. (?). Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas
Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. Confederate widows pension file number 4567. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. campaign. link to the Orphan Brigade Homepage. September 1866. 18. Captured at
2 September 1862. The Orphans stood tall among the Confederates assaulting Baton Rouge. Quickly, General Johnston sent the 2nd Kentucky infantry and Gravess battery to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River below the Kentucky border. AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY,
Enlisted 18
[1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. April 1862. It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. Never had so many men fallen in so short a period of time. David, farmer. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). news . Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). From Baton Rouge the Orphans were marched on dusty roads north all the way to Knoxville, Tennessee under their new commander, General Roger W. Hanson (who had just been released from Fort Warren prison after his capture at Fort Donelson), to join General John C. Breckinridges Division, with high hopes of returning to their Old Kentucky Home. They bid farewell to the 3rd Kentucky which returned to Vicksburg. A search into the history of warlike exploits has failed to show me any endurance to the worst trials of war surpassing this. There, and at nearby Camp Burnett, the commander of the pro-Southern Kentucky State Guard, West Point trained Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner, assembled most of the elite Kentucky State Guard and its officer core, including Captain Philip Lightfoot Lee of Bullitt County, Captain Joseph Pryor Nuckols of Barren County, Captain Thomas Williams Thompson of Jefferson County, Major Thomas Hart Hunt of Fayette County (John Hunt Morgans uncle), Captain John William Caldwell of Logan County, and Major Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr., of Franklin and Fayette Counties, to name a few. Absent sick in February 1862, and sick
The Orphans represent the conquest of courage over timidity and sacrifice for the sake of a principle. Jackson. 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. BRYANT, James Gaither. The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Absent sick, roll dated 30 April 1862. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. The Orphans never arrived in time. Fought at Shiloh, where he was
Green. Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly