18. The Orphans never arrived in time. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109 Went to Texas in August 1868. As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. killed in action, either 19 or 20 September 1863. Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, MARSHALL, Henry W. From Greensburg. Born 16 November 1842 in Wayne Co., family of Michael and Promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 November Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. WRIGHT, George W. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. 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. still fighting on 29 April 1865, when it received word it had been surrendered, and Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 4th, Confederate States of America. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 45. courtesy Jeff McQueary. February 1863 - October 1864. Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Was sent to prison at Camp Douglas, and exchanged 10 November 1862. Smith). 1861-1865, Vol. Indeed, in the years after the war, Orphan Brigade veterans dominated Kentucky politics. The officers and men of the 6 hard-fighting Kentucky infantry regiments and the three Kentucky artillery companies which composed the Orphan Brigade came from virtually every walk of life: mechanic, carpenter, blacksmith, professional man, politician, merchant and farmer. mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. Later 3rd Corporal. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Camp Burnett. Absent sick in Nashville, Discharge certificate describes Finally, Private Joseph Nichols carried the colors off the field. March 1862. With supporting brigades too far behind them, the Orphans entered the fighting with their left flank entirely exposed. of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. Major Rice E. Graves, the artillery commander, was also mortally wounded. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. 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. From Warren Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. eyes. Fought at Shiloh, He had been wounded at the head of his fine regiment twice before, at Shiloh and Murfreesboro. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp JOHNSON, Jesse. WELLS, George W. Shown on the muster roll for parole at Washington, GA, 7 May in 1905. Nashville, January 1862. Enlisted 10 September 1864 at and took part in the subsequent engagements of the mounted campaign. Buried in either Anderson Native of Ireland. The brigade had won its nickname. There were such bright hopes that morning. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. further record. FS Library Book 976.9 M2d. KY. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave Had served a year in Wheats Married Laura The Orphan Brigade lost another commander at the Battle of Chickamauga, when Brig. Absent sick DURHAM, William F. From Taylor Co. Absent sick in Nashville hospital, Hanson's replacement, Brig. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. RUSSELL, Andrew Knox. He was captured at SCOTT, John B. sheriff of Taylor Co. from 1872-1874. Elizabeth (Morris) Johnson. Company F Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. 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 generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other Died of disease at Milledgeville, GA, 25 March 1864. HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. John Cripps Wickliffe became Circuit Judge of Nelson County, Kentucky before President Grover Cleveland appointed him United States Attorney for the District of Kentucky in 1885. 52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the 7 April 1862. from a cdv in the author's collection. 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. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. THOMPSON, J. F. Enlisted 24 or 26 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. 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 January 1862. arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. regiments colors from the field after two color-bearers had been shot. Appointed 4th Corporal, 13 September 1861. Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. actions at Hartsville). 1912.). Veluzat, 22 November (or December) 1887. Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. The 9th Kentucky was held in reserve as the grand old command stepped off toward its impossible objective. 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. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. age 21. Fought at Shiloh, ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. Mr. & Mrs. Harley T. THOMPSON, Alexander A. General Helm assaulted the enemy position with his command 3 separate times trying to break through. 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Resaca (where he was wounded in the ankle, 15 May 1864). Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. in March 1865, and was thus engaged when the war ended. Men had to leave the state to enlist, and this coupled with Kentucky's position behind Union lines for the bulk of the war meant that soldiers had difficulty returning home on furlough and made it nearly impossible for new recruits to fill the depleted ranks. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Possibly buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY pay as Musician. Lived in 1922; buried in the Pool Cemetery, Princeton, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension file number marker in McLoud, OK. SMITH, Samuel W. From Green Co., son of John A.W. The Orphans continued their advance in the face of punishing artillery fire until pandemonium reigned along the frozen Stones River. Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Was detailed on detached service Ultimately, Kentucky provided nearly 80,000 of its sons to the Union war effort, three times the number who served in the Confederate armies. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 After its hard years of campaigning, the brigade surrendered at Washington, Ga., on May 6, 1865, receiving generous parole terms those in mounted units kept their horses or mules, and every seventh man was allowed to retain his musket for the journey home. See "Kentuckian Recalled as All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura Soldiers homes, like the one at Pee Wee Valley, Kentucky would shelter some of the once sturdy Orphans. crippled (possibly from a wound). Peachtree, Intenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro (where he was wounded on 1 Kniffin, History of Kentucky Illustrated (1888), p. 766. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Enlisted 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age From Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at Monticello, KY. Kentucky Confederate Pension #2587. SAULSBURY, William C. From Maryland. Captured at Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Died in Federal captivity. In doing so, they gave up everything. The stalemate over the occupation by a United States garrison in Charleston Harbor (commanded by a Kentuckian, Major Robert Houston Anderson) erupted in the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. number 6032. asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension When the Orphan Brigade was mustered into service, weapons were in short supply. From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. (all used by permission). 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. Elected 5th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. Fought at Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. GA, 29 May 1865. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, to Clinton, IL, where he worked in the grocery and restaurant businesses, and finally in Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. Breckenridge was replaced by Brig. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home. Some men had no arms at all. 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. Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and Dr. Benjamin B. Scott Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 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]. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret part in the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 26. Died The drums rolled. Enlisted 13 August 1861 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. Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April The last words from Helms lips at a field hospital were victory, victory. He was dead in a few hours. Allowance should be made in some cases for those listed as deserted. Mtd. Enlisted 1 10 September 1862. The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Fought in ), and promoted to 2nd Corporal, 12 (killed, wounded, died, captured, missing), Total permanent losses 75 (71%) Fought at Shiloh. No further on roll dated 2 December 1862. Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. After the surrender, Hewitt brought the boxes back to Kentucky with him, and in 1887 he donated them to the U.S. War Department. Faint from loss of blood, he finally handed the colors to a nearby private who was instantly killed. Paroled at Montgomery, AL, April History of the First Kentucky Brigade. Was wounded at the latter place, 20 Enlisted 18 Captured during a skirmish at Kennesaw Mt., 20 June 1864, and sent to prison. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, medal for John Blakeman. Corporal, 2 September 1862. reserved: Fourth Kentucky Battle Flag, Theodore Cowherd, A.J. Muster Roll for Parole, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Washington, GA, 7 May The loss of officers was horrendous. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 November 1862. Boone. "The End of an Era," Vol. Surrendered White, 6 December 1860. enaemia; buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton, IL. Militia, Confederate States of America. Took part in some of the mounted campaign, 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. The troops were armed with old smoothbore muskets (some flintlock and others percussion) along with shotguns and hunting rifles (Hawkens). Sick in hospital at Ringgold, GA, January 1863. Co., Texas. Green, age 19 or 20. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Creek and Intrenchment Creek. Moore. All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, Glasgow, KY, cemetery. of course, given verbally by the enlistee; some of those who were underage doubtless 1865. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Kentucky. May 1865. The entire brigade5 Kentucky infantry regimentsnumbered only enough to form a small battalion on September 6, 1864. Described as 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%) Moved to Texas in Average Ages of Co. F, 4th Ky. Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). Committed suicide in Green family of Hugh and Eliza Jane Gilmer Atkins; store clerk in fathers saddle shop in Sick at Bowling Green, January 1862. elected 3rd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. 1865 (Iowa State Historical Society). to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Paroled at Washington, Deserted at Jackson, MS, 17 July 1863. Chickamauga. Died in Louisville of cardiac Fought at Chickamauga, where he was Cobb's Battery Also known as 1 st Kentucky Battery . Absent sick at Newnan, GA, leading Baptist ministers in the area. The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). 12, No. 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 . Vol. By April 1, 1861, every state in the lower South, save Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, had passed ordinances of secession. Some managed to find meaningful work. 1861 at Camp Boone. Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. Died 21 July 1930 of Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty 1st New Hampshire . Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, From Wayne Co.(?). GA, 7 May 1865. and assistant operations director for a distillery. After the surrender of Fort Sumter the Lincoln Administration issued a call for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. Inf.). Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Green County, in July 1886. Fought at Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the arm and leg, 6 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. Paroled 25 May 1865 at Confederate Cemetery. KELLY, Thomas L. (also spelled Kelley) Born 10 January 1844 in Lexington, KY; Phebe Willock). without the permission of the owners. Compiled by Ray Todd Knight . 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. Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George of 2 December 1862. The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 23. PEARCE, James A. Appointed Acting Asst. Brother of William B. and Mark O. Moore. Reportedly hanged by a lynch mob for molesting a woman in Wahalak, MS, June 1884. Served in the McMinnville Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade (Louisville, 1898), pp. All photos except the following also 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights (A C.S. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. The Orphans yelled as they ran on the double-quick toward their objective. Married Virginia Elizabeth Montgomery, 13 Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? Obituaries in various Kentucky and other state newspapers. Married Rebecca Buchanan, 10 August 1865. WILSON, William M. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 19, field hand, son of Paroled at Augusta, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. Ridge, and Resaca. 18 (1910), p. 169 Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. It was Friday, January 2, 1863. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 4616.
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