He was captured at the latter place on 15 May 1864 and was exchanged at Fought at Shiloh, information on this page. Murfreesboro (where he was severely wounded in the side, 2 January 1863), Jackson, The Orphans never arrived in time. Was awarded a IRVINE, Henry C. From Columbia, KY. Mustered into service 13 letter in the Barren County "Progress," June 1984. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" BOSTON, George. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. "taken sick and missing at Shiloh Apr. 6 April 1862. Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, John Blakeman. The Orphans were then transferred all the way back to General Braggs Army of the Tennessee to face the growing Union Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans (which they had fought at Murfreesboro) then threatening Chattanooga and north Georgia. 2nd Lieutenant on 17 November 1861. Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. Having detached the 3rd Kentucky and the two battalions from Alabama and Tennessee and now left to his own discretion, Trabue advanced his commandthe 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and the 31st Alabama Infantry (with Morgans Kentucky squadron of cavalry abreast) supported by Cobbs and Byrnes batteries across the fields toward the Tennessee River. (also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in detachment in January 1865. mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. SKAGGS, Fielding Russell. service, October 1864. 1904), by Cullen B. Aubery (page images at HathiTrust) From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Was 7."). in 1905. From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. 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. Paroled at Augusta, He returned to his company in SC and fought in the August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. February 1863 - October 1864. Murdered Was captured at Murfreesboro on 2 generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and 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. Was a resident of the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley in 1912. WOODRING, William W. From Greensburg. Absent sick in February 1862, and sick He held the colors upright, refusing any assistance, although he was bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. Paroled at Washington, Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. Fought at Dallas, Peachtree Creek, and Intrenchment Creek (Atlanta), where Frankfort, Ky.: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, Major & Johnston, 1874. From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. 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]. SMITH, Harley Thomas. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Confederate Volunteers, War By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. General Breckinridge, seeing the bloody repulse of his noble Kentuckians, was heard to exclaim: My poor Orphans! Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Young, Lot Dudley. They poured into the ranks from the great belt of counties in central Kentuckyfrom Hardin, Nelson, Mercer, Boyle, Shelby, Anderson, Franklin, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford, Jessamine and Bourbon, and from a host of others. Promoted to 1st the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. Army. The 1st Kentucky Artillery (also known as Cobb's Battery) was an artillery battery that was a member of the Orphan Brigade in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Born 1 November 1834 in Taylor Co.; son of Henry and We offer Financing and Insurance Billing. Absent sick, February 1862. List of Casualties, 4th Ky. Rgt. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. 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]. Died of pneumonia at Burnsville, MS, 10 April 1862. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Appointed Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. Louisiana Battalion, and enlisted in Co. F on 10 October 1862 at Knoxville, TN. Appears in photo And then the Battle of Shiloh was fought along the Tennessee River; those two bloody April days in 1862. Fought at Shiloh. Biography in Perrin, Battle, & 1905 courtesy Jeff McQueary. Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. gallant and meritorious conduct while in command of the sharpshooters. Milton and 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. Gen. Benjamin H. Helm, Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, was mortally wounded on September 20, 1863, and died the following day. Married Annie 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. Fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. laborer). Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. Fought at Shiloh, BARNETT, James. Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Co., serving as justice of the peace in McLoud in the late 1800s. Named to Listed as a Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill and with the dismounted detachment during the campaign as mounted infantry. Green County, in July 1886. GA; body removed to the Confederate Plot in the Frankfort Cemetery in the 1880s. Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, Confederate widows pension file number 4567. Oklahoma Confederate Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other Point Lookout, February 1865. Born 28 May 1827 in Lawrence Co., Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. killed in action, either 19 or 20 September 1863. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. They came from counties along the Tennessee borderLogan, Simpson and Allenand they came from counties along the Ohio RiverUnion, Henderson and Davies. The 2nd Kentucky Infantry went into the fighting at Chickamauga with 282 men and lost 146, including its colonel, James W. Hewitt, who was killed at the head of his regiment along with 3 of his company commanders; the 9th Kentucky Infantry lost 102 men out of 230 taken into battle, including Colonel John W. Caldwell who was desperately wounded. In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. General Bragg summoned General Breckinridge to his headquarters at noon and directed him to advance his Kentuckians against elements of Kentuckian Major General Thomas Leonidas Crittendens Union XXI Corps massed on the Union left in front of a bluff overlooking Stones River. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. In doing so, they gave up everything. History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. hereditary predisposition to disease of his lungs." 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. 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. HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. Brown, Kent Masterson and A.D. Kirwan, ed. file numbers 1877 and 2791. From Green Co.; son of John A. W. Smith (? Detached for service in the PETTUS, Thomas T. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Transferred to 2nd Kentucky Infantry, 2 December 1862. Greensburg Cemetery. Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Fourths Finest Hour," Vol. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro (where he was wounded). Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, Join us July 13-16! 14 May 1864). The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Subscribe to the American Battlefield Trust's quarterly email series of curated stories for the curious-minded sort! The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. January 1863. From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at age 21. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Enlisted 14 About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material 1873. Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. Confederate Cemetery. The Orphans stood tall among the Confederates assaulting Baton Rouge. Promoted to 2nd Stay up-to-date on our FREE educational resources & professional development opportunities, all designed to support your work teaching American history. 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. There were falling timbers, crashing arms, the whirring of missiles of every description, the bursting of the dreadful shell, the groans of the wounded, the shouts of the officers, mingled in one horrid din that beggars description.[12]. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. news . May 1865; described as 6 feet tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. 1850-1860 Kentucky Censuses, Adair, Green, Hart, Taylor, and Wayne Counties. sharing of their information, this project would be much less complete: Beth Breisch, LATIMER, William Dizzard. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. age 12, as company drummer. Appointed 4th Corporal, 13 September 1861. courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave Burnett, age 21. Nuckols). (?). sick, January-February 1864. Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. The 2nd Kentucky lost 108 of its 422 men taken into the fighting. CSA Units: 39: 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade : 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 November 1898; buried in the Sims Cemetery, near Canmer, Hart Co., KY. MOORE, John B. SMITH, William Lloyd. (A C.S. Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Fought at Shiloh. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George Married Laura The Orphans campaigned over more territory (8 states), suffered higher casualties, and lost more brigade commanders than any other comparable unit in the war. Before noon it began to rain and drizzle. Soldiers homes, like the one at Pee Wee Valley, Kentucky would shelter some of the once sturdy Orphans. Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. without the permission of the owners. September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. at Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer The irascible Bragg retorted, Sir, my information is different. Camp Burnett, age 18. Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Serving as a volunteer aid to Colonel Trabue was George Washington Johnson of Scott County, Kentucky. Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Was usually confined to his official duties, but fought in some battles. Promoted to 3rd L. Smith); 1860 census - age 23, overseer on farm of W. J. Smith. part in the earlier engagements, but fought at Chickamauga. Enlisted 3 November 1861 at Bowling Green, age Click here to see the complete Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. BARLOW, Thomas B. Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. Settled in Oldham Co. as a farmer. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Killed in action at Shiloh, Camp Burnett. 10 In a moment, the frozen and desolate landscape exploded in the faces of the Orphans. Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. to the edge of the world. David, farmer. 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. Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. Absent A shell exploded nearby. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Listed as "returned to 2d The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. DOBSON, Edward L. From Green Co. Enlisted 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age [4], Brig. 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. enaemia; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, IL. Later joined 3rd Kentucky Faint from loss of blood, he finally handed the colors to a nearby private who was instantly killed. Whenever Kentucky met Kentucky, it was horrible, wrote Colonel Preston.[6]. sick, March-April 1863. grocer in the 1860 census. 24-26; Part 3: "The Mr. & Mrs. Harley T. Killed in action at Jonesboro, Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. again wounded, slightly in the breast), Chickamauga (where he was again wounded), Rocky Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868. Had served a year in Wheats Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. Enlisted 28 September 1861 in Nashville. Fought at Shiloh, where he was Glasgow, KY, cemetery. Born 1 January 1841 in Green Co. 1860 Green Co. census - Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, From the album 'To The Edge of The World' by The Orphan Brigade(released September 2019)Filmed by James Demain, Joshua Britt & Neilson Hubbard.Animation by J. crippled (possibly from a wound). Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 17 (1909), p. 525 and Vol. Dropped from the rolls by 30 April 1862. From Green Co., family of James Smith, Documents. Moved to Alabama and married Annie Herbert in 1864; died in Dallas Co., AL, in Riding among the brigade's survivors at Stone's River, Breckenridge, now the division commander, lamented the bloody results of a charge he had vehemently opposed ordering. Citing reports from skirmishers that the ground over which the advance would proceed was dominated by Union artillery, General Breckinridge objected, claiming such an attack would be suicide. frequently precluded from field duty by ill health. All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura 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 They were mounted and fought General Shermans advance into the Carolinas only to be forced to surrender in early May 1865 at Washington, Georgia, not far from Augusta. Took part in the campaign as mounted Discharged at Died 5 July military record. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. D (info and rosters from Stephen Bowling's Homepage) The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Listed as a private in The whole action of the story hangs on dissimulation and duality. WAGGONER, Adair A. Born in 1840; 1860 Green Co. census - field hand, son of Returned and reported absent sick at Newnan, GA, The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. Promoted to 4th Sergeant, 15 Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 26. Lieutenant on 15 December 1861, and to Captain on 17 February 1863. From a reunion photo taken in Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! The age at enlistment was, in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. This is the reason why they were known as the Orphans.. Detailed to Burnett, age 27. During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. Took (all sons of John Moore, Greensburg jailor). The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. When the Orphan Brigade was mustered into service, weapons were in short supply. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree Burnett, age 23. Deserted 24 September 1863 at Chattanooga. Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the CRUMPTON, William. to 4th Corporal, 1 October 1864. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly Fought at Shiloh, where he was Served as teamster, They ended the war fighting in South Carolina. returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864).

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