JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. on roll dated 2 December 1862. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1958. Barnesville, GA.
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1st Kentucky Artillery | Military Wiki | Fandom in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. Lot 24. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina in late April 1865, and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 67, 1865. Died from the effects of this wound, 24
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." age 21. Cook. (all used by permission). Admitting his wound was serious, Hanson remarked to Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk as he was being carried to the rear that it was glorious to die for ones country. He would die in agony on January 4 under the care of General Breckinridges wife who was an acting nurse, and would later be buried in the Lexington, Kentucky cemetery. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). September 1864). John Blakeman. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. WHELAN, Michael. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 7 April 1862. Elected 3rd Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Only a week before the Battle of Shiloh, every regiment except the 9th Kentucky was issued a supply of Enfield rifles imported from England (the 9th armed themselves with Enfields captured during the battle). NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for
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. Army. Took part in the campaign as mounted
Appears in photo taken at 1905 Louisville Confederate veterans reunion. Nichols McKinney. January 1863 (had served as 2nd Corporal from September 1862). to the edge of the world. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. Deserted 10
Married Rebecca Buchanan, 10 August 1865. grocer in the 1860 census. 1865. Died 18 October 1912; buried in the
his company and fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face
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. BOWLING, Richard W. From Hart Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Cavalry and paroled at Athens, GA, 7 May 1865. It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Slowly the Kentuckians gave way until they were out of range of the enemy guns. There the Orphan Brigade was born in fire and steel; there it freely bled. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war.
The Orphan Brigade | American Battlefield Trust Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. to 4th Corporal, 1 October 1864. Kentucky. When the Orphan Brigade was mustered into service, weapons were in short supply.
Served as a teamster, February-April 1863. leading Baptist ministers in the area. Moreover, as it turned out, they were forced to fight the entire war far from the borders of their beloved Commonwealth. Enlisted 18 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Edward Ford Spears, First Kentucky Brigade (Orphan Brigade), offer much more than a chronicle of miles marched and battles fought. GA, 29 May 1865. The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. Join us July 13-16! Married Laura L. Baker, 1 June
Reportedly hanged by a lynch mob for molesting a woman in Wahalak, MS, June 1884. 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. Olivet
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. David, farmer. entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree,
Dropped from the rolls by 30 April 1862. Born 1 November 1834 in Taylor Co.; son of Henry and
Enlisted 1 August 1861 at
At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Enlisted
As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. Absent sick at Dalton, GA, September-December 1862. From Warren Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Greensburg Cemetery. KELLY, Andrew. Any use
The next morning, General Grants army, reinforced the previous night by Major General Don Carlos Buells Army of the Ohio which had arrived from Nashville, counter-attacked.
The Confederate Regiments of Kentucky Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. 1865. Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. The stalemate over the occupation by a United States garrison in Charleston Harbor (commanded by a Kentuckian, Major Robert Houston Anderson) erupted in the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. to disablement from ill health. 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. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109
7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. 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]. Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly
Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp
Committed suicide in Green
Enlisted 18
Company A
Enlisted 25 October 1861 at Bowling Green. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
MARSHALL, Henry W. From Greensburg. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in
Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. Absent sick, February 1862. Retired in Louisville and died there,
He was now the governor-in-exile. Returned and reported absent sick at Newnan, GA,
In every way, those old Orphans became the idols of Kentuckians. November 1862. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. Nuckols). July-August 1864. 26 November 1863. 18. Of the 5 brigades in Breckinridges command, the Orphans were directed to hold the left flank of the assault column. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the
Smith, Alex Thompson, Jack Russell, Harley
Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. The Orphans formed the left flank of General Breckinridges assault column. Fought at Shiloh. Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. Oldham Co., where he taught school, and later worked in the Louisville Public Works Dept. sick, January-February 1864. in the regimental wagon yard, June-December 1863. Fought
With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. the orphan brigade. age 20. 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. Burnett, age 23. military record. at Camp Burnett. file number 1714. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co. Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga,
April 1862. The unit fought in
His cousin, Brigadier General William Preston of Louisville, descendant of among Kentuckys earliest Virginia pioneer settlers, lawyer and President James Buchanans minister to Spain, as well as one-time brother-in-law of Kentuckian General Albert Sidney Johnston (who would die in Prestons arms at the Battle of Shiloh), would lead the Orphans at Vicksburg and would be closely identified with the brigade throughout much of the war. From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. Discharge certificate describes
information on this page. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. (8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. The boy is an orphan, raised to believe he is half-caste, and is "passing" for Indian. wounded 6 April 1862. 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. 13, No. Married 1st,
The most prominent of those camps, not surprisingly, was named Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tennessee. All rights reserved. Fought at
(where he was severely wounded in the head on 7 April 1862), Vicksburg, Baton Rouge,
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! 4 (Summer 1989), pp. further record. Confederate widows pension file number 4567. Such indictments in areas like Breathitt County in the eastern Kentucky Mountains precipitated some of the feuds among families which lasted for generations.
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Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. MARSHALL, Richard B. Robert and Catherine Blakeman Wilson). Absent sick at Newnan, GA,
Atlanta, 9 May 1863, for chronic rheumatism. From Green Co. Enlisted 5 October 1861 at Camp
I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. 1922; buried in the Pool Cemetery, Princeton, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension file number
SMITH, Daniel Lunksford. 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. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7
COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in
DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
In the bitter cold days before and after the New Year, 1863, outside of Murfreesboro, the Orphans were called upon to sacrifice again in fighting along Stones River. still fighting on 29 April 1865, when it received word it had been surrendered, and
Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George
Died in Louisville of cardiac
As the brigade moved onto the battlefield and observed then Captain John Hunt Morgan and his squadron of Kentucky cavalry along the road, the men cheered and sang: Cheer, boys, cheer; well march away to battle; Cheer, boys, cheer, for our sweethearts and our wives; Cheer, boys, cheer; well nobly do our duty, And give to Kentucky our arms, our hearts, our lives., Riding up to General William J. Hardee, Colonel Trabue, Old Trib as the men fondly called him, asked: General, I have a Kentucky brigade here. "taken sick and missing at Shiloh Apr. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. Not far down the line, Colonel John Curd Wickliffe, commander of the Confederate 7th Kentucky infantry and cousin to Colonel Prestons wife, was mortally wounded. in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. [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. to LaRue Co., KY. Was shot to death in an altercation on Upper Brush Creek,
Inf., at Muster-In
In the cold November 25, 1863 the Orphans were forced to abandon Missionary Ridge in the face of tenacious assaults by the Union Army of the Cumberland under its new commander, General Ulysses S. Grant.
'I consider the Regiment my home': The Orphan Brigade Life and - JSTOR at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade,
Other units that joined the Orphan Brigade, Formally in but not directly serving with. Trabue ordered the men to fix bayonets and then called for the brigade to advance. 1830 or 1831. 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 . With no recruiting being conducted in neutral Kentucky, those Kentuckians who sympathized with the plight of the seceded states flocked to camps in Tennessee to cast their lots with the South. LATIMER, William Dizzard. Murfreesboro, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Died 7 October 1884; buried in Blakeman Cemetery, Taylor-Cox Rd.,
Susan Burns, Johnny Dodd, Michael Dunnington, Dave Hoffman, Martha Houk, Jeremy Johnson, Tiffany
of pulmonary edema, 6 August 1908. Married Virginia Elizabeth Montgomery, 13
Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree,
The survivors of the Orphan Brigade finally came home to their beloved Kentucky in 1865. the hospital in Johnsonville, TN; described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a fair
Rouge. Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. Daniel B. Rucker, ca. January 1862. It gave birth to the old saying in Kentucky that the State never seceded until the war was over. Simon Bolivar Buckner became Governor in 1887. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to
Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. Elected 2nd Sergeant, 18 March 1862. from a cdv in the author's collection. 1860 Green Co. census - merchant in business with John Barnett. school teacher, age 24, cousin of William A. Smith (above). COFFEY, Andrew J. wounded on 6 April 1862. and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. From Alabama. George Johnston
On the tree was inscribed: T.B. May 1865.
History of the Orphan brigade. | Library of Congress Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. Listed as "returned to 2d
12, No. Sign up for our quarterly email series highlighting the environmental benefits of battlefield preservation. As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. Absent
Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. Brigadier General Benjamin Hardin Helm; lawyer; son of two-time governor of Kentucky, John Helm of Hardin and Nelson Counties in Kentucky; grandson of United States Senator from Kentucky, John Hardin (one of young Captain Abraham Lincolns commanders in the Black Hawk War in 1832); and husband to Emily Todd, half-sister to none other than Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Lincoln; would lead the brigade twice and die in its heroic September 20, 1863 attacks at Chickamauga. HALL, Ambrose Jackson. and assistant operations director for a distillery. Promoted to 1st
Died 20 July 1926 of
And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 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. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg,
Transferred to 3rd Kentucky Infantry, 15 April 1862. Absent sick in Nashville,
Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Inf., Camp Boykins Mills, SC, 28 April 1865,
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Died of disease at Magnolia, MS, 15 February 1863. with fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes.