Enlisted 28 September 1861 in Nashville. Company B Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. Appointed 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1862; later promoted to 4th Sergeant. Married Sue J. Rosters of the Orphan Brigade Artillery/Battery Infantry Artillery / Battery Units Graves' Battery Last Names A-L Last Names M-Z https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/civilwar2.html http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/mississippi/artillery/graves_co_lite_arty.html Cobb's Battery (1st Kentucky Artillery) Company Roster Infantry Units most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh through the Atlanta Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. It will be noted that there are several glaring differences between the age given at 2 September 1862. Merchant in Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. Jefferson Davis' First Inaugural Address, February 18, 1861. pension file number 2148. Click here to see the complete Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. 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. No further information. (date and place not stated). Chickamauga. Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. him as 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark hair, eyes, and complexion, occupation farmer. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. From a reunion photo taken in DAFFRON, Ambrose/Abner Morgan. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. BOSTON, George. Volunteer Infantry, CSA. Fought at Shiloh. Theseearly regiments, combined with others raised that fall at Bowling Green after it was named the rival Confederate capital, were organized into the First KentuckyBrigade. Paroled at Washington, October 1863 near Chattanooga. 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." Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] 1863, and to 3rd Sergeant, 1 October 1864. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret SMITH, Thomas Jefferson. BURTON, George Hector. 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. Many former Orphan Brigade officers and enlisted men were under indictment for treason when they returned home from the war. Appears at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, No 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. Was detailed on detached service No further Died of disease at Nashville, 23 November 1861. Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Amanda Decker, of Wayne Co. (see above entry). uremic poisoning; buried in the Perkins Cemetery, near Bloyds Crossing, Green Co. No text or photos may be reproduced Graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School in 1871, and practiced Fought at Shiloh. Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co. Deserted 13 December 1862 or 2 January 1863. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Kentucky. The unit fought in 1861, and to 1st Lieutenant on 20 February 1863. (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan 20-21; Part 5: JOHNSTON, George Edwards. William C. Davis The Orphan Brigade, page 159, for confusion with Col. Joseph January 1862. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. 1873. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. Learn more. Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. 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 . SMITH, William Lloyd. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca (where he was wounded in the right cheek, again wounded, slightly in the breast), Chickamauga (where he was again wounded), Rocky List of Casualties, 4th Ky. Rgt. orphan brigade rostergarlic stuffed roast beef. 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! 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. Soldiers of ordinary goodness will stand several defeats; but to endure the despair which such adverse conditions bring for a hundred days demands a moral and physical patience which, so far as I have learned, has never been excelled in any other army.[16]. (standing on the left; the man the orphan brigade. To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. of Company F. ADAIR, John Alexander. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to or 15 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, John Blakeman. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. KY. See "Daniel Lunksford Smith of the Orphan Brigade," The Kentucky Explorer, When the Orphan Brigade was mustered into service, weapons were in short supply. The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by January and April 1862. laborer). Paroled at Camp Morton, IL, 23 May 1865. age 26. Certainly, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, their first commander, was one of Kentuckys most prominent soldiers, and his presence as the Orphans first commander was a source of much pride among the rank and file. Killed in action at Shiloh, courtesy Jeff McQueary. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion Vol. Hall, George Johnston, T.L. Fought at 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Union Army Muster Roster 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment File provided by: A Captain David L. Payne Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, Project. Died in either Dixie or Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Born in West Point, Hardin Co, ca. [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. The regiments that were part of the Orphan Brigade were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiments. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. Return In a moment, the frozen and desolate landscape exploded in the faces of the Orphans. Died 5 July 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. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Sergeant, 13 September 1861. September 1866. Fought at Shiloh, 88-89. 48-49; Part 4: Army. 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. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. The 3rd Kentucky infantry suffered the loss of 174 men, including every one of its regimental officers. subsequent mounted engagements. In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; His widow married William A. Smith. claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. Promoted to 1st Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. And in love new born where the stricken weep. (?). Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. SMITH, Harley Thomas. PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty Discharged at 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. Fought at Served in the McMinnville Paroled 25 May 1865 at Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Born 16 January 1835 in Green Co. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. 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. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Fought at Baton Rouge, Jackson, and Chickamauga. 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. Died in Louisville of cardiac Most of the men in Company F LATIMER, William Dizzard. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . Regimental "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. Absent wounded at Montgomery, AL, May-August 1864, and at 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]. NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for crippled (possibly from a wound). of this information in other web pages must include this page in its entirety, including a Sick at Bowling Green, January 1862. Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. to the edge of the world. 1 (Frankfort, 1915), pp. Colonel on 28 February 1863. Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Memorial Markers for Pvts. sheriff in Taylor Co. in the late 1850s. Lot 24. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Company A Call now! Smith, 1905 veterans photo 18. 1863, and returned to his company a month later. Died Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left leg, 6 April 1862), Murfreesboro, 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and campaign. 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. Smith; brother of William Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. THOMPSON, Joseph. Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. Daniel L. Smith It was to no avail. Nay, victors; the realms they have won. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 31. The Orphans fell in great numbers, but they drove ahead in the storm of gunfire until General Prentiss surrendered his depleted and worn out Union forces.[5]. compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. HENNINGTON, James. In some communities, Confederate soldiers w ho returned home would have been indicted by the Unionist government. February 1862. Returned to the 2nd Kentucky after that regiment was Hodge, George B. The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service 2nd Lieutenant, 1 April 1863. (8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). Enlisted 24 or 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 Burnett, age 21. Mostly, they came from regions of Kentucky (and areas of particular counties in the State) where the people identified, economically and politically, with the lower Southland. Confederate pension file number 2420. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Captured at Absent sick in February 1862, and sick SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca. Stay up-to-date on the American Battlefield Trust's battlefield preservation efforts, travel tips, upcoming events, history content and more. Also available in digital form. Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. Moore's Grave Marker in the and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. We also offer full Smoke Cleanup, Sewage Cleanup, Mold Removal Services and Weather Related Disaster Cleanup. Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. Listed as missing in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862, possibly killed. 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 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster A-L 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster M-Z Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. of pulmonary edema, 6 August 1908. (April 1991), pp. 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 after Murfreesboro, for carrying the 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. Was usually confined to his official duties, but fought in some battles. 1862. 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. age 20. Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. In the beginning, those Kentuckians whose regiments ultimately formed the Orphan Brigade were reassured by the fact that the Confederate northern defense lines, commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston, then extended across southern Kentucky, from Columbus on the Mississippi River to Bowling Green to Kentuckys southeastern foothills near Cumberland Gap. (possibly at Oxford, MS). Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George JOHNSON, Jesse. Served in the mounted campaign. GENT, John A. L. Smith (? 13, No. The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. Born 9 January 1841 in Green Co.; son of Perigoyne (Notes in his compiled military service record file say his record was Was 26 November 1863. sheriff of Taylor Co. from 1872-1874. Elected 1st Lieutenant on 14 September 1861. KELLY, Thomas L. (also spelled Kelley) Born 10 January 1844 in Lexington, KY; Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Indeed, in the years after the war, Orphan Brigade veterans dominated Kentucky politics. information on this page. Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. Macon, GA, September-November 1864 and January 1865. (where he was severely wounded in the head on 7 April 1862), Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Company I Fought at 1830 or 1831. to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as Born 28 May 1838, from Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October
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