Listed as missing in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862, possibly killed. Kniffin, History of Kentucky Illustrated (1888), p. 766. Fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary sick, January-February 1864. of Company F. ADAIR, John Alexander. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/civilwar2.html, http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/mississippi/artillery/graves_co_lite_arty.html, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/rosters.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. Barnesville, GA. Absent sick, November 1862 - April 1863. 1904), by Cullen B. Aubery (page images at HathiTrust) with fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Listed as a private in 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. Also available in digital form. The entire brigade5 Kentucky infantry regimentsnumbered only enough to form a small battalion on September 6, 1864. Army. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. L. Smith (? Cemetery. Gen. Benjamin H. Helm was mortally wounded while leading the Kentucky Brigade at Chickamauga. January 1863; returned to the company in May 1863. Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. 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. [10], As the Union skirmish lines and then the infantry columns slowly withdrew before the ferocious attack, they unmasked Captain John Mendenhalls massed Union artillery batteries 58 guns in all on top of the bluff to the left of the Orphans. Enlisted 18 For Fought sheriff in Taylor Co. in the late 1850s. NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for GA, 7 May 1865. Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, TN, 15 March 1862. Fourths Finest Hour," Vol. Elephant," Vol. Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Promoted to 3rd was wounded in a skirmish at Pine Mountain, GA, 21 June 1864 (note - probably Kennesaw Mt. Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. January 1863. They also February 1863 - October 1864. History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). Died 28 The boy is an orphan, raised to believe he is half-caste, and is "passing" for Indian. A. J. Edit Details From Warren Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Fought at Shiloh, Absent sick, roll dated 30 April 1862. Inf., Camp Boykins Mills, SC, 28 April 1865, age 26. following friends who supplied information used in this roster; without their generous Absent sick and returned to duty, January-April 1864. D (info and rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier The Orphans were, according to one account, ones who would stick to [the fighting] as long as they [could] find a foe to shoot at! The record of the Orphans, wrote one distinguished American scholar, is a record of heroism in war that has never been surpassed. General Joseph Eggleston. Enlisted 14 Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. The Uncertain Origins of an Iconic Nickname. gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. (also spelled Pierce) From Hart Co. Was a member of the 2nd Transferred to 6th Kentucky Cavalry, 16 Retired in Louisville and died there, About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1958. at the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 22 May 1907; buried in the Pewee Valley further record. marker in McLoud, OK. SMITH, Samuel W. From Green Co., son of John A.W. 1912 SC Confederate pension file Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. regiments colors from the field after two color-bearers had been shot. The Orphan Brigade by William C. Davis - goodreads.com 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. 3 (Spring 1990), pp. The hoped-for reunion with Kentucky soil was not to be, however. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Jackson. In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. 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. Served in the McMinnville Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Intrenchment, and The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. Phebe Willock). Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. All photos except the following also 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights ); 1860 census - (?). Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. 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. Fought at Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. Company The Orphan Brigade Oath of Allegiance in prison, and dropped from the rolls, September 1863. Louisville, Kentucky, June 1905 (this photo is large and may take some time to load; copy Brewer, farmer). Most of the men in Company F Civil War Ky Archives TOC September 1863, and lost his left hand. Trabue ordered the men to fix bayonets and then called for the brigade to advance. They came from 33 of Kentuckys now 120 counties, and from every region of the old Commonwealth; from as far east in the mountains as Johnson, Morgan and Breathitt Counties, to as far west as Graves and Trigg Counties. crippled (possibly from a wound). 1861 at Camp Boone. 7."). With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left leg, 6 April 1862), Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca (where he was wounded in the right cheek, Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll No Enlisted 18 September 1861 at the hospital in Johnsonville, TN; described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a fair Enlisted 7 September 1862 at Chattanooga. Fought at Shiloh, where he was Roster of Cobb's Battery, Kentucky Light Artillery. Show your pride in battlefield preservation by shopping in our store. 1854. 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. From Green Co., family of James Smith, 29. standing second from the right may be Holman Smith of Co. D, 6th Ky. "taken sick and missing at Shiloh Apr. courtesy Dave Hoffman. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret Browse subject: united states -- history -- civil war, 1861-1865 The shattered remains of Major Thomas B. Monroe were buried by his men beneath a giant oak tree not far from Shiloh Church. 24-26; Part 3: "The Volunteer Infantry, CSA. G, Company B (info and 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 Enlisted 15 Sick in Nashville hospital, Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. 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. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. Reportedly hanged by a lynch mob for molesting a woman in Wahalak, MS, June 1884. Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. Green County, in July 1886. Return Returned to the 2nd Kentucky after that regiment was Appointed Acting Asst. claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, Fought at Shiloh. Was Biography in Perrin, Battle, & Born in Tazewell Co., VA; moved to Taylor Co., KY. It was Friday, January 2, 1863. TURK, Samuel B. 1873. From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at RUDD, Edward P. From Green Co. Enlisted 15 Augsut 1861 at Camp Burnett, age in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. Went to Texas, JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. Took part in some of the mounted campaign, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. and assistant operations director for a distillery. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 300 Coffee Tree Road P.O. Alex Thompson and his wife Married Martha Anna Jeter. Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. Was severely wounded in the bowels at Resaca, 15 May 1864, and died Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston First cousin of John and Daniel Blakeman. him as 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark hair, eyes, and complexion, occupation farmer. Appointed 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1862; later promoted to 4th Sergeant. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. Named to KELLY, Andrew. Ron Nicholas. Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. Digital version at Internet Archive; FS Library Fiche 6082416. But this didn't stop thousands of Kentuckians from crossing into Tennessee to enlist at Camps Boone and Burnett, nearClarksville. Incoming shells would explode within the Orphans ranks, blowing 10 or more men to the ground at one time. reserved: Fourth Kentucky Battle Flag, Theodore Cowherd, A.J. 1861-1865, Vol. at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga (also listed as sick at Montgomery, WELLS, George W. Shown on the muster roll for parole at Washington, GA, 7 May They ended the war fighting in South Carolina. 17-18. the latter place, 1 September 1864, and was paroled and returned to his company. MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. and Margaret (Peggy) Decker Daffron, of Wayne Co.). 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. Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, Deserted on the retreat from Missionary Ridge, 18 (1910), p. 169 knowing the identification of any others in the photo is asked to e-mail the page author. entries) Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. David, farmer. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 grocer in the 1860 census. Company A History of the Orphan brigade : Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Confederate States of America. age 36. Confederate Civilian Documents. Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. Absent sick in The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service Was usually confined to his official duties, but fought in some battles. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina in late April 1865, and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 67, 1865. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. Kentucky 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. Absent sick at Dalton, GA, September-December 1862. Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. 1877 and awarded a pension from the state of Texas in 1913. In some communities, Confederate soldiers w ho returned home would have been indicted by the Unionist government. The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. September 1866. They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. Was prevented by ill health from taking from a GAR reunion photo taken in 1910 ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . 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. 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Confederate) - Wikipedia Later joined 3rd Kentucky After organization and muster, the regiment moved north into Kentucky and camped at Bowling Green, where it remained until early 1862. General Helm, in front of the 2nd Kentucky, was struck by a rifle ball in his right side and tumbled from his horse. 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. ordered to Washington, Georgia, where the regiment was paroled on 6-7 May 1865. Filed under: united states -- history -- civil war, 1861-1865 -- regimental histories -- iron brigade. Also spelled Dafforn, Dafran, Dafford (also Burnett, age 23. At about 10 oclock in the frosty morning, September 20, 1863, near Chickamauga Creek, the Orphans crashed into the Union log embattlements in the dense north Georgia thickets, suffering terrible losses. Margaret Beeson Castillo (of Irish descent). Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May enlistment, and the age based on census records or family data. Learn more. Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton Laura Cook: lcook62 (at) hotmail.com. However, its term of service soon ended and the unit disbanded. Deserted 13 December 1862 or 2 January 1863. Vol. The counties from which they hailed were located mostly in the rich farming belts of Kentucky. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. Diary of Confederate Soldier: Jackman, John S., Davis, William C Brigade Corps of Sharpshooters, 1864, This page was last updated on:April 23, 2005 Married Annie Milton and Took the I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Lost at Chattanooga were favored guns of Captain Cobbs Kentucky Battery, 2 of them adoringly nicknamed by the Orphans for the wives of their favored commanders: Lady Breckinridge and Lady Buckner.. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Listed as a The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Elected 3rd Sergeant, 13 September 1861. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. Discharged at Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. on roll dated 2 December 1862. 1905 at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, 18. 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 . further information, follow this link to a detailed history Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at Infantry, CSA," Green County Review; Part 1: "The Die Is Cast," "Tobey" From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at 26. Fought at The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. Was exchanged at Aikens Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] Re-issued. Discharged for disability due to disease, 26 number 6032. Co. F, 4th Ky. Inf. Roster - RootsWeb Died of disease in MS, 10 January 1863 United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. Robert Paxton Trabues 4th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Camp Burnett), Colonel Joseph Horace Lewiss 6th Kentucky Infantry (organized mostly at Bowling Green and Cave City), Colonel Thomas H. Hunts 9th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Bowling Green), and Captain Edward P. Byrnes Battery (organized partly in Tennessee and partly in Mississippi). GA, 29 May 1865. He was captured at BAND OF THE DAY: THE ORPHAN BRIGADE - Maximum Volume Music Obituaries in various Kentucky and other state newspapers. [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. 170-173. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. the division butchery, November 1862 - April 1864. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. The drums rolled. 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. to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as 6 August 1864. 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.
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