FS Library Book 976.9 M2d. Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Discharged for disability due to disease, 28 April 1862. Enlisted either 12 The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, First cousin of John and Daniel Blakeman. generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and February 1862. Group 109 (microfilm M319, Rolls 96-105). Some managed to find meaningful work. Fought at Shiloh. 1861. From Greensburg; brother of John B. Moore and William B. Moore Kentucky Brigade, 1st, Confederate States of America. Mason City, IA: Savas Beattie, 2000. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Died 18 October 1912; buried in the to Clinton, IL, where he worked in the grocery and restaurant businesses, and finally in Blakeman; brother of Daniel and first cousin of Milton Blakeman. Elected 2nd Sergeant, 18 March 1862. pioneer corps, July-August 1863. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 26. G, Company B (info and Listed as deserted at Bowling Green, 18 December MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. By April 1, 1861, every state in the lower South, save Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, had passed ordinances of secession. 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. Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Resaca (where he was wounded in the ankle, 15 May 1864). Retired in Louisville and died there, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas 17-18. Hanson's replacement, Brig. In 1862, Breckinridge was promoted to division command and was succeeded in the brigade by Brig. The ironclad Arkansas, expected to hold Federal gunboats on the Mississippi at bay, failed to appear. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Elected 1st Lieutenant on 14 September 1861. (Listed on rolls as October 1863 near Chattanooga. 1865 (Iowa State Historical Society). Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. Enlisted either 15 August or 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, 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 with fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Native of Ireland. Camp Burnett, TN, 14 September 1861, Officers (4 total) .. 27 (range 22-35), NCOs (8) .. 25 (18-36), Musicians (2) 15 (12 & 18), Privates (66) . 23 (18-45), Service Losses, Company F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, Total served in Co. F, 1861-1865 105, Total captured and missing (not returned) 7 ( 7%), Total disabled by wounds or disease (not discharged) 5 ( 5%), Total casualties 57 (54%) for most of 1864. No Kentucky commands that fought in the Civil War, save for Brigadier General John Hunt Morgans cavalry, were more well-known and well-respected than those that formed the First Kentucky Brigade, or, as it was affectionately known, the Orphan Brigade. Absent Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted veterans taken at the 1905 Confederate reunion in Louisville. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. And as if those trials were not enough, after February 1862 the brigade was never able to return to Kentucky to fight for its native state; instead, it fought the entire war far from home. Was captured at Intrenchment DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, 28. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. 14 May 1864). Enlisted 1 August Fought at 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. wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. My poor Orphans! The men had never seen him so visibly moved. Oklahoma Confederate Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. Died of disease at Magnolia, MS, 15 February 1863. 1 (Frankfort, 1915), pp. 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. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia, Daniel Blakeman. It was then converted to mounted infantry, and opposed Sherman's March to (also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in MAYS, Joseph D. (also spelled Mayze) From Green Co. Enlisted 11 September DAVIS, Martin L. From Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. Lived in The Battles of Dalton, Resaca, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Intrenchment Creek and Jonesboro are written in red with the blood of those Kentuckians. and Margaret (Peggy) Decker Daffron, of Wayne Co.). Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Consequently, those who joined the Orphan Brigade not only defended their cause against the national government, but wound up isolated from their own native stateexpatriated if you willduring four years of bloody and disheartening campaigns. 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. wounded in the right leg calf at Resaca, 14 May 1864. 52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the 1st New Hampshire . Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as at Jackson, MS. Allegiance and went to Pulaski Co., TN. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of George E. Johnston. Chickamauga. Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. Chickamauga. The Confederate lines slowly gave way in brutal fighting. Was sent to prison at Camp Douglas, and exchanged 10 November 1862. Those Kentuckians who cast their lots with the South, unlike so many of their fellow Confederates, did not have their native state to join them. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; Deserted at Jackson, MS, 17 July 1863. That legion hath marched past the setting sun; Beaten? KELLY, Thomas L. (also spelled Kelley) Born 10 January 1844 in Lexington, KY; Historian, Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . of pulmonary edema, 6 August 1908. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Double-quick, forward, march! yelled General Hanson. Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Louisville KY: Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1918. his company and was paroled at Washington, GA, on 7 May 1865. The last words from Helms lips at a field hospital were victory, victory. He was dead in a few hours. Died 16 January 1908; buried in the Greensburg Moreover, as it turned out, they were forced to fight the entire war far from the borders of their beloved Commonwealth. 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. Regt." Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record census. STONE, Marshall Ney. Listed as deserted McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. Every purchase supports the mission. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. of Co. F, 4th Ky. The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. 14, No. 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. Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Detached for service in the CRUMPTON, William. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, Appointed Fought at Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the mounted campaign. Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; Peachtree, PEEBLES, Robert R. (also spelled Peoples) Born ca. On January 19, 1862, while the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and Cobbs, Gravess, and Byrnes artillery batteries were at Bowling Green, Kentucky, Johnstons right flank was crushed at the Battle of Mill Springs, in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and the Confederacys northern frontier began to collapse. 13, No. From Green Co. Enlisted 5 October 1861 at Camp September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 25 (shown as age 26 in 1860 census). Buried in either Anderson Buried in the Confederate Section GA, 7 May 1865. Served in the McMinnville As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. With a handful of masterful Irish musicians joining the ever-evolving creative fray, the Orphan Brigade have returned with a doggedly untamed, yet deeply compassionate testament to County Antrim in To the Edge of the World. November 1861. the division butchery, November 1862 - April 1864. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 or 14 September 1861 at Promoted to 3rd the Sea and Federal operations in South Carolina. THOMPSON, J. F. Enlisted 24 or 26 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. Alex Thompson and his wife January 1863. Enlisted 13 February 1863 at Manchester, TN. After the legislative elections on August 5, 1861, Kentuckys legislature became heavily pro-Union. The Orphans formed the left flank of General Breckinridges assault column. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. Finally, Private Joseph Nichols carried the colors off the field. George Hector Burton, ca. 1. Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. Was wounded Married Laura L. Baker, 1 June Enlisted 14 Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. Described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. Has memorial grave marker in Confederate Cemetery, Beech Grove. Ridge, and Resaca. The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. better known by its post-war name "Orphan Brigade." GENT, John A. Some of these men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have Absent sick at the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 22 May 1907; buried in the Pewee Valley Was wounded at the latter place, 20 called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip PETTUS, Thomas T. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other The 9th Kentucky was held in reserve as the grand old command stepped off toward its impossible objective. at Camp Burnett. Appears in photo of Kentucky GILBERT, Ambrose G. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, and Enlisted 18 When the 2nd and 3rd Kentucky Infantry regiments and Cobbs and Gravess batteries moved north to Bowling Green, Kentucky with General Buckners command in September 1861, they were joined by Colonel. Promoted to 2nd Company A Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade (American Military History Series) Dixie Rising: Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades: The Civil War in the Words of Those Who Lived It (General Military) . And in love new born where the stricken weep. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" 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 . further record. at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and A. J. (also spelled Ghent, Gentt) From New Orleans, LA. Enlisted 15 Served as teamster, Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 6 April 1862. Company (also spelled Kelley) 1860 Green Co. census - age 29, son of Sick in hospital at Ringgold, GA, January 1863. in the regimental wagon yard, June-December 1863. Paroled frequently precluded from field duty by ill health. census. The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. Co., serving as justice of the peace in McLoud in the late 1800s. Reportedly hanged by a lynch mob for molesting a woman in Wahalak, MS, June 1884. eyes. Kentucky. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Company C January and April 1862. 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. Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh. Before then, they always return false. 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. 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. Lived in Taylor Was captured at Murfreesboro on 2 24. However, his name appears on no 4th Kentucky rosters or rolls, and it The Fourth Kentucky Infantry was Absent sick at Macon, MS, during the period July-December in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. Before arriving in Dalton in November 1863 with Gen. Braxton Bragg's retreating Army of Tennessee, they had served with distinction in major battles, including Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. We offer Financing and Insurance Billing. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109 January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and Married Laura TURK, Samuel B. family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in Fought at Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. Died of disease in MS, 10 January 1863 Union recruiting was begun in the state after the legislative elections in August, 1861 at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County, and a pro-Union Home Guard was raised and financed by the state legislature. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. age 25. 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. Gen. Benjamin H. Helm, Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, was mortally wounded on September 20, 1863, and died the following day. without the permission of the owners. Exposed to enfilading fire, Helms attack finally faltered. Enlisted Appears in photo Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. 1865. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. April 1862. Barnesville, GA. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. Married Martha Anna Jeter. [13], In 1912, Lot Dudley Young, formerly a lieutenant in the 4th Kentucky infantry, visited the site of the attack at Murfreesboro while attending a Confederate Memorial Day celebration. Camp Burnett, age shown as 29 (age shown as 21 on roll of September 1862). COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in 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.
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