Listed as deserted at Bowling Green, 18 December Thomas Kelly from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Fought at Shiloh, where he was 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 . 12, No. Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Was captured at Murfreesboro on 2 Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. marker in McLoud, OK. SMITH, Samuel W. From Green Co., son of John A.W. Buried in either Anderson line had already been abandoned by then). Absent sick at Dalton, GA, September-December 1862. Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. . Elected 1st at Jackson, MS. Among the first to fall was General Roger Weightman Hanson, Old Flintlock, who was struck below the left knee by the burning iron fuse from a spherical case shot that exploded nearby. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. By the time the fighting ended, the command suffered losses of nearly 52%. 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. age 26. During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. 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. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. PETTUS, Thomas T. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, 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. Fought at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Nay, victors; the realms they have won. Took the Oath of Allegiance. Deserted at Nashville, 18 February 1862. It was John C. Breckinridge, Old Breck, whom the Orphans idolized. Florida Confederate widows pension file number 668. 14 May 1864). at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. That legion hath marched past the setting sun; Beaten? 18 (1910), p. 169 The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. 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. Was wounded BRYANT, James Gaither. Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. Kentucky eventually declared itself for the Union. Absent sick, roll dated 30 April 1862. Inf., at Muster-In Recollections of a Newsboy in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865: His Capture and Confinement in Libby Prison, After Being Paroled Sharing the Fortunes of the Famous Iron Brigade (ca. Promoted to 1st A search into the history of warlike exploits has failed to show me any endurance to the worst trials of war surpassing this. Green. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. In all, the Orphan Brigade lost 844 men out of the 2,400 who entered the battle at Shiloh. Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. Colonel Robert Paxton Trabue, a native of Columbia, Kentucky and the grandson of Daniel Trabue, one of the earliest Virginia pioneers to enter Kentucky, was also a largely self-educated lawyer. Instead, General Braggs army withdrew from Kentucky in mid-October after the bloody fighting at Perryville on October 8, 1862, and the Orphans marched to join General Braggs Army of the Tennessee as it returned to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. From Green Co., 23-year-old farmer in 1860 census. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. With supporting brigades too far behind them, the Orphans entered the fighting with their left flank entirely exposed. Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro. Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. We offer Financing and Insurance Billing. (killed, died, disabled, discharged, transferred, captured, missing, deserted). Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. Milton and 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. MOORE, William B. November 1862. Green. McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. 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. The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. was wounded slightly in the groin), and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree, at Camp Burnett. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. According to legend, after seeing the state of his former troops and learning of the loss of Hanson, the distraught general cried out, "My poor orphans!". From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Chickamauga. Louisville, Kentucky, June 1905 (this photo is large and may take some time to load; copy Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge. Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted Are the hearts of men who forever shall hear. 1904), by Cullen B. Aubery (page images at HathiTrust) Product details Publisher : University of South Carolina Press (February 1, 1997) Language : English Paperback : 184 pages ISBN-10 : 1570031649 George Hector Burton, ca. During the day Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky had fought against the 9th Kentucky Union infantry, among others. were recruited from the south-central Kentucky counties of Green, Taylor, Wayne, and Company I Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616. Serving as a volunteer aid to Colonel Trabue was George Washington Johnson of Scott County, Kentucky. Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Olivet Discharge certificate describes Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Barnesville, GA. Spellings are shown as they appear on period muster rolls and rosters, with 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. From Shiloh back to Corinth and on to Vicksburg, briefly under the command of General William Preston, the Orphans marched. Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. All rights reserved. On extra duty guarding horses, May-August 1864. LATIMER, William Dizzard. Lieutenant on 15 December 1861, and to Captain on 17 February 1863. Trabue ordered the men to fix bayonets and then called for the brigade to advance. Re-issued. Hanson's replacement, Brig. 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. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca. officers, and alphabetically for NCOs and privates. I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. Absent sick in Nashville hospital, They went to war to fight for what they believed was principle. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. Served in the mounted campaign. 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. Fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. Charge bayonets. 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. The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. November-December 1863. No 51-53. With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. Finally, Private Joseph Nichols carried the colors off the field. Fought at Born 3 May 1836 in Green Co.; son of Weston Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). DARNELL, William R. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. See "Kentuckian Recalled as Enlisted 25 October 1861 in Bowling To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, Enlisted 7 September 1862 at Chattanooga. 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. Killed in action at Shiloh, 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. Reduced to 4th Sergeant, 18 March 1862. 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. Died in Louisville of cardiac (8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). 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, pay as Musician. to 4th Corporal, 1 October 1864. Paroled at Camp Morton, IL, 23 May 1865. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. does appear on rolls of the 42nd Georgia Infantry.). Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor after Murfreesboro, for carrying the Discharged by order of Gen. Bragg, 15 November 1862. The age at enlistment was, TURK, Samuel B. Promoted to 3rd Corporal, 15 December 1862. In some communities, Confederate soldiers w ho returned home would have been indicted by the Unionist government. William C. Davis The Orphan Brigade, page 159, for confusion with Col. Joseph Gen. Benjamin H. Helm was mortally wounded while leading the Kentucky Brigade at Chickamauga. Returned and reported absent sick at Newnan, GA, Fought at Shiloh. Confederate widows pension file number 4567. HICKMAN, Edward W. From Davidson Co., TN. Appointed 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1862; later promoted to 4th Sergeant. He returned to his company in SC and fought in the Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Appointed Acting Asst. 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. Company C courtesy Kentucky Historical Society / Military History Museum. Was wounded at the latter place, 20 Nichols McKinney. Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. MAYS, Joseph D. (also spelled Mayze) From Green Co. Enlisted 11 September 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. Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. DAFFRON, Ambrose/Abner Morgan. The 2nd Kentucky lost 108 of its 422 men taken into the fighting. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other Only slightly engaged against Major General William Starke Rosecranss Union Army of the Cumberland near what was called the Round Forest on Tuesday, December 30, 1862, Breckinridges division and the Orphans were re-positioned on the far right flank of Braggs army. William "Curly Bill" and Louisia Thompson (family from Taylor Co.). news . Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the subsequent mounted engagements. to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. My poor Orphans," noted brigade historian Ed Porter Thompson, who used the term in his 1868 history of the unit. Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address, February 22, 1862. Discharged 22 September 1862, due to "constitutional debility consequent from From Green Co. Enlisted 5 October 1861 at Camp Ridge, and Resaca. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Married Sally the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his Camp Burnett, age 19. Inf., was listed as an inmate of the Kentucky Confederate Home in The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. Paroled at Washington, October 1861 at Bowling Green, age 29 (military file shows age 19, apparently incorrect; Enlisted 18 Luchetta, Lynne McNamara, Jeff McQueary, Steve Menefee, Darlene Mercer, D. S. Neel, Jr., January 1863 (had served as 2nd Corporal from September 1862). All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura May 1865; described as 6 feet tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer 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. Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. to LaRue Co., KY. Was shot to death in an altercation on Upper Brush Creek, Fought at Shiloh. Enlisted 18 Fought at Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the mounted campaign. courtesy Dave Hoffman. Took the Fought 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]. September 1863. In 120 days, from Dalton through the final days before Atlanta, the Orphans suffered the almost unbelievable losses of 123%. A November 1862 circular prophesied: However this war may terminate, if a man can truthfully claim to have been a worthy member of the Kentucky Brigade he will have a kind of title of nobility.[1]. January 1862. further record. The Orphans represent the conquest of courage over timidity and sacrifice for the sake of a principle. Young, Lot Dudley. Born in Tazewell Co., VA; moved to Taylor Co., KY. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. Nashville, January 1862. [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. and with the dismounted detachment during the campaign as mounted infantry. Army. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. All rights reserved. to the edge of the world. MARSHALL, Henry W. From Greensburg. Took the Oath of physician, son of John Scott). Among the casualties were Major Joseph P. Nuckols and Captain Thomas W. Thompson of the 4th Kentucky who were severely wounded; Major Thomas B. Monroe and his brother, Captain Benjamin J. Monroe, both mortally wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Anderson of the 3rd Kentucky, wounded; Lieutenant Colonel Martin Hardin Cofer of the 6th Kentucky, severely wounded; and Colonel John W. Caldwell, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Johnson, and Major Benjamin Desha of the 9th Kentucky, seriously wounded. CRUMPTON, William. 17 (1909), p. 525 and Vol. Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, 26 November 1863. The drums rolled. Born 9 January 1841 in Green Co.; son of Perigoyne All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. Born 28 May 1827 in Lawrence Co., Jackson. At Camp Boone, Colonel Roger Weightman Hansons 2nd Kentucky Infantry was organized along with Colonel Lloyd Tilghmans, and subsequently Colonel Benjamin M. Andersons, 3rd Kentucky Infantry as well as Captain Robert H. Cobbs Kentucky Battery, and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky Battery. HALL, Ambrose Jackson. BARNETT, John. October 1861 at Nashville. 24-26; Part 3: "The 1. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely of Co. F, 4th Ky. 1861, and to 1st Lieutenant on 20 February 1863. 1 (Frankfort, 1915), pp. Promoted to Major on 13 February 1863, and to Lt. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. 1873. He held the colors upright, refusing any assistance, although he was bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 16 Muster Roll for Parole, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Washington, GA, 7 May 1922; buried in the Pool Cemetery, Princeton, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 0 Comments Comments At the Battle of Chickamauga the Orphans were sent into the iron and lead hail of battle again. Married Martha Anna Jeter. census. In early 1862, the Orphan Brigade numbered nearly 4,000 officers and men. Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. PRICE, Benjamin. Had served a year in Wheats Lived in Taylor Ridge, and Resaca. Regt." Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. Company B Transferred to 3rd Kentucky Infantry, 15 April 1862. From Green Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 25). 14, No. son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sharp Kelly. Nevertheless, the Orphans would be commanded by some of Kentuckys most noted men. Notice: Function is_feed was called incorrectly.Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Smith, ca. Many former Orphan Brigade officers and enlisted men were under indictment for treason when they returned home from the war. Fought at Born 16 November 1842 in Wayne Co., family of Michael and Whenever Kentucky met Kentucky, it was horrible, wrote Colonel Preston.[6]. Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. Died 4 November 1911; buried in Oak It was then converted to mounted infantry, and opposed Sherman's March to school teacher, age 24, cousin of William A. Smith (above). 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. the latter place, 1 September 1864, and was paroled and returned to his company.