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Took the
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]. The last words from Helms lips at a field hospital were victory, victory. He was dead in a few hours. further record. From St. Louis, MO. Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll
The next morning, General Grants army, reinforced the previous night by Major General Don Carlos Buells Army of the Ohio which had arrived from Nashville, counter-attacked. Married Mary C.
Appears in photo taken at 1905 Louisville Confederate veterans reunion. of course, given verbally by the enlistee; some of those who were underage doubtless
CRUMPTON, William. 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. Brewer, farmer). We use specialized equipment unique to Southern Utah and our company. (His father was an Irish soldier and his mother, we learn, a white camp follower.) age 25. RUSSELL, Andrew Knox. This wound rendered him
After the surrender of Fort Sumter the Lincoln Administration issued a call for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. January 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and
Inf., Camp Boykins Mills, SC, 28 April 1865,
Surgeon in February 1862, and served as such at Shiloh and Baton
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. Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. Listed as "returned to 2d
of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the 1905 reunion in Louisville. Born 1 January 1841 in Green Co. 1860 Green Co. census -
Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. Died in Green Co., 19
Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro,
senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. collection of Miss Mary Frances Russell. COWHERD, Theodore. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . Discharged at
They outline the stories of both a remarkable Kentuckian and the scores of friends, relatives, and comrades with whom he journeyed through war and peace. further information, follow this link to a detailed history
men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have
and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. Served as teamster,
Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall,
Missionary Ridge, 25 November 1864, and sent to military prison at Rock Island,
BOSTON, George. BOWLING, Richard W. From Hart Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Lot 24. CHAMPION, Matthew. Fought at Chickamauga, where he was
Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. on roll dated 2 December 1862. Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and
Killed in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862. They lost more commanders and suffered more casualties than any comparable command. His widow married William A. Smith. Get A Copy Kindle Store $12.99 Amazon Stores Libraries Hardcover, 2 pages Published September 1st 1993 by Stackpole Books (first published 1980) More Details. from a GAR reunion photo taken in 1910
February 1862. Fought at Shiloh
From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). Hall, George Johnston, T.L. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of George E. Johnston. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co.,
Fought
Green County, in July 1886. 7."). Captain Robert Cobbs Kentucky battery reported the loss of nearly all of its battery horses killed and wounded and 37 of its men wounded. Murdered
Enlisted 15
Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 300 Coffee Tree Road P.O. November 1862. January 1863. The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service
Army. Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Married Isabelle W. McDowell, June 1869. Louisiana Battalion, and enlisted in Co. F on 10 October 1862 at Knoxville, TN. actions at Hartsville). The most prominent of those camps, not surprisingly, was named Camp Boone, near Clarksville, Tennessee. Green, age 19 or 20. Born 10 July 1839 in Columbia,
The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. The Orphans thought that the war would be fought over their native state, but it was not to be. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. 2 (Winter 1991), pp. Enlisted 18
WRIGHT, William E. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 40. During the Battle of Resaca, the Orphan Brigade meets its Union counterpartthe Federal Fourth Kentucky Brigadeand a coarse but entertaining banter ensues. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg,
Oklahoma Confederate
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca. Returned to the company in April 1864, but was absent sick in Eatonton, GA,
MARSHALL, Richard B. (also spelled Compton, Cumpton) 1860 Green Co. census -
Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May
Oath of Allegiance in prison, and dropped from the rolls, September 1863. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. (Notes in his compiled military service record file say his record was
Died 18 October 1912; buried in the
Another possible derivation for the name stems from the brigade's repeated loss of commander. Enlisted 7 September 1862 at Chattanooga. Fought at
From Green Co. (1860 census - age 15). file numbers 1877 and 2791. 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. the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. Died of disease in MS, 10 January 1863
Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. Jackson. hereditary predisposition to disease of his lungs." 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. Shauff. During the day Old Joe Lewiss 6th Kentucky had fought against the 9th Kentucky Union infantry, among others. GA, 7 May 1865. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. Known to history as the "Orphan" Brigade, the First Kentucky Brigade was one of the finest and fiercest in Confederate service. Buried in either Anderson
History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Kentucky. Was wounded
GENT, John A. Mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, 2
Camp Burnett, age shown as 29 (age shown as 21 on roll of September 1862). age 26. to the edge of the world. List of Casualties, 4th Ky. Rgt. 5, No. 1861. From Green Co. Enlisted 5 October 1861 at Camp
Was sent to prison at Camp Douglas, and exchanged 10 November 1862. By the end of the war, Kentucky had raised 55 Union infantry regiments and numerous infantry and Home Guard battalions, 17 Union cavalry regiments, and 5 batteries of Union artillery from every geographic region of the Commonwealth, including the rich lands of the Bluegrass. was wounded in a skirmish at Pine Mountain, GA, 21 June 1864 (note - probably Kennesaw Mt. Absent sick at Newnan, GA,
From Green Co. (1860 census - age 17, bound boy to J.P. Took part in the campaign as mounted
Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge,
Absent sick, September-December
Less than 50 men were reported to have passed through the campaign without a wound. 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. John Blakeman. September 1862. September 1864). killed in action, either 19 or 20 September 1863. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. Of the 5 brigades in Breckinridges command, the Orphans were directed to hold the left flank of the assault column. Enlisted 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age
1861 at Bowling Green (age shown as 28 on 1862 roll). Detailed to command the courier line by Gen. Lewis, January 1865. IL. Born 9 January 1841 in Green Co.; son of Perigoyne
Burnett, age 21. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. LATIMER, William Dizzard. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion
From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. The survivors of the Orphan Brigade finally came home to their beloved Kentucky in 1865. Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, July 1863, and at Macon, GA,
Phebe Willock). 1861-1865, Vol. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly"
census. 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. Barnesville, GA. Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. THOMPSON, Joseph. Inf., is James Bell, Co. D, 6th Ky. Inf. When the unit surrendered in March 1865, some men were still carrying the same rifles they had had since Shiloh. Enlisted 3 November 1861 at Bowling Green, age
Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. The Orphans campaigned over more territory (8 states), suffered higher casualties, and lost more brigade commanders than any other comparable unit in the war. Enlisted
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. 7 (January 1996), pp. 88-89. 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . 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. asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension
Paroled at Camp Chase, 24
52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Kentucky's declared neutrality prevented Confederate recruiting officers from mustering units within its borders. Resigned commission, due to incapacity from wound, 31 August 1863. The Orphans represent the conquest of courage over timidity and sacrifice for the sake of a principle. Absent sick
Transferred to 2nd Kentucky Infantry, 2 December 1862. Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty
Described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with
Died of disease at Nashville, 7 December 1861. Born 27 March 1832; from Taylor Co.; son of George
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. 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. Anyone
They came from counties along the Tennessee borderLogan, Simpson and Allenand they came from counties along the Ohio RiverUnion, Henderson and Davies. The Orphans soon came under the command of the magnetic Kentuckian, Brigadier General John Cabell Breckinridge. August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. Hughes, pp. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at
Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca (where he was wounded in the right cheek,
IRVINE, Henry C. From Columbia, KY. Mustered into service 13
Discharge certificate describes
Historical Sketch & Roster of the South Carolina 8th Infantry Regiment (South Carolina Confederate Regimental History . The Orphans memory lives on. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp
From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
Fought at Shiloh. Slowly the Kentuckians gave way until they were out of range of the enemy guns. crippled (possibly from a wound). Capt. alternate spellings shown where known. Never mind this boys, yelled Breckinridge, press on. Charge them! he cried. SKAGGS, John Henry. 170-173. 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]. Detailed for extra duty at Brigade HQs,
Age 27 on roll of
From the shallow victory of the Army of the Tennessee at Chickamauga, the Orphan Brigade, commanded after the death of General Helm by General Joseph H. Lewis once again, its 6th commander since the war began, moved to heights overlooking Chattanooga known as Missionary Ridge. The 4th Kentucky not only lost heavily in officers and men, it suffered the final loss of its brave colonel, Joseph P. Nuckols, to a disabling wound. sick, March-April 1863. Adair Co., son of Joseph and Mary Owens Burton. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address, February 22, 1862. Deserted from hospital at
September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. Hodge, George B. the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his
He was captured at
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number 6032. Was
Died 11 April 1919 of
SMITH, Harley Thomas. Returned to the 2nd Kentucky after that regiment was
Confederate Civilian Documents. Possibly died 8 January 1926, buried in the Thompson Cemetery, Green Co., KY. TITTLE, James. Kentucky as a state not only did not approve of secession, it evolved to become a Union state in every way. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. Killed, probably by friendly fire, at Baton Rouge was General Helms aid, Lieutenant Alexander Todd, half-brother to Mary Todd Lincoln. Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] WAGGONER, Adair A. Appointed 3rd Corporal, 13 September 1861 (? 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. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. September 1863, and lost his left hand. And in love new born where the stricken weep. Captured at
The 9th Kentucky was held in reserve as the grand old command stepped off toward its impossible objective. 1912
The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. From Beards Store, Owen Co. Absent
Barnett-Marshall Cemetery, Green Co. SMITH, William Ambrose. The shattered remains of Major Thomas B. Monroe were buried by his men beneath a giant oak tree not far from Shiloh Church. Died at Nashville, 10 November 1861. Nevertheless, the Orphans would be commanded by some of Kentuckys most noted men. Fought at Shiloh,
Most of the men in Company F
Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States Vice President, and Kentucky's former Senator, who was enormously popular with Kentuckians. 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. CORAN, Richard. Smith, Alex Thompson, Jack Russell, Harley
Generals Buckner, Breckinridge, Preston and Helm were highly educated men. to the edge of the world. (all sons of John Moore, Greensburg jailor). Sick at Bowling Green, January 1862. On the tree was inscribed: T.B. DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above
Campaign; fought in the mounted infantry engagements in GA and SC. 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Elected 4th Sergeant, 13 September 1861. age 18. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp
White, 6 December 1860. at Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. (Listed on rolls as
Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. line had already been abandoned by then). courtesy Jeff McQueary, HALL, William A. Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. The drums rolled. Died near Chico, Wise
Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton
1861 at Camp Boone. Please see ooredoo . Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Fought at Shiloh. Jane Johnson, 30 April 1859; (3d wife) Sarah (Sally) Elkins, 26 September 1868, and moved
Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. Died in Federal captivity. Eliza Jane Brewster Kennedy; 2nd, Matilda "Kate" Noland; and 3rd, Wilmoth
Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly
Any use
Murfreesboro. 48-49; Part 4:
Never had so many men fallen in so short a period of time. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. Burnett, age 23. son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sharp Kelly. leading Baptist ministers in the area. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the
13, No. almost within their grasp, had been snatched from them [on April 7], and their dead comrades were now mourned as those who shed their blood in vain.[7]. Thomas. 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. March 1862. No further information. Theseearly regiments, combined with others raised that fall at Bowling Green after it was named the rival Confederate capital, were organized into the First KentuckyBrigade. It would join the Orphan Brigade on November 5, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga (also listed as sick at Montgomery,
entered CS service from Columbia, Adair Co. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 19. No
age 21. Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor for
Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. 1863. Died
Livingston, Sumter Co., Alabama. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Fought at Vicksburg and Murfreesboro. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. laborer). Regimental
The men, beneath their blue, Hardee battle flags, bearing silver discs and hand-painted battle honors, and under a hail of gunfire, negotiated a swollen pond, then crossed the undulating fields alongside the shallow, frozen Stones River, delivering volleys of rifle fire at General Crittendens blue columns which included the 8th, 9th, 11th, 21st and 23rd Kentucky (Union) infantry regiments. There were town boys, but, more often than not, those who served in the Orphan Brigade were yeoman farmers; rugged, independent and self-reliant. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. THOMPSON, J. F. Enlisted 24 or 26 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. 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. Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. 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. age 12, as company drummer. Born 31 January 1835 in Taylor Co.; son of George
Dropped from the rolls by 30 April 1862. Promoted
service from Taylor Co., KY. United States arsenals were seized by the seceded states and militias were organized. White Gaddie. Also spelled Dafforn, Dafran, Dafford (also
1860 census. Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the campaign as
Died 20 July 1926 of
Militia, Confederate States of America. 6 August 1864. 1860 Green Co. census - merchant in business with John Barnett. health kept him generally incapacitated for duty in the ranks. Enlisted 15
Paroled 25 May 1865 at
By April 1, 1861, every state in the lower South, save Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, had passed ordinances of secession. When the Orphan Brigade was mustered into service, weapons were in short supply. First cousin of John and Daniel Blakeman. Double-quick, forward, march! yelled General Hanson. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett,
photo of the Orphan Brigade veterans taken at the reunion of Confederate Veterans in
1860 census - household of Thomas and Martha Thompson, age 16, in school. Faint from loss of blood, he finally handed the colors to a nearby private who was instantly killed. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured,
There the Orphans received into their brigade the 5th Kentucky Infantry; they bid farewell to the hard-fighting 41st Alabama. Absent
to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com
GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. One possible provenance of the name stems from Kentucky's tenuous political situation. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in
Died of disease at Bowling Green, 15 November 1861. Died 5 July
History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). Was deputy
(also spelled Pierce) From Hart Co. Was a member of the 2nd
Gen. John C. Breckinridge commanded the Kentucky Brigade until 1862, Brig. Co., son of Andrew and Betsey Russell. 10
1865; described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue
courtesy Jeff McQueary. It will be noted that there are several glaring differences between the age given at
See
Box 537 Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 875-7000 http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ Absent sick in
at LaGrange, GA, September 1864. BARNETT, John. Absent sick at Dalton, GA, September-December 1862. 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 Wayne Co., KY. Enlisted 1 November 1862 at
Joseph E. Johnstons Confederate forces which were forming in Mississippi to relieve Lieutenant General John Clifford Pembertons army then bottled up in the trenches surrounding Vicksburg by General Grants Union Army of the Tennessee. On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg was surrendered (along with the old 3rd Kentucky Infantry) by General Pemberton and the western frontier of the Confederacy finally vanished. (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan
Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. Enlisted 28 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. Elected 2nd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. In 42 minutes of fighting, the Orphans lost 431 of the 1,197 men taken into battle, over one-fourth of the command. Infantry, CSA," Green County Review; Part 1: "The Die Is Cast,"
Indeed, in the years after the war, Orphan Brigade veterans dominated Kentucky politics. The color bearer of the 4th Kentucky, Sergeant Robert Lindsay, was badly wounded in the chest. RUCKER, Daniel B. Elected 1st Lieutenant on 14 September 1861. 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. March 1862. Missionary Ridge; was placed in command of the Kentucky
Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. He returned to his company in SC and fought in the
Regt." ATKINS, Joseph Alexander. Precluded from further duty due
Married Rebecca Buchanan, 10 August 1865. 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. It was not until December 1865 that the state legislature removed the onerous impediment. detachment in January 1865. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. Every member of Old Brecks staff fell in the melee from wounds or the loss of mounts. Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. KY. See "Daniel Lunksford Smith of the Orphan Brigade," The Kentucky Explorer,
In the bitter cold days before and after the New Year, 1863, outside of Murfreesboro, the Orphans were called upon to sacrifice again in fighting along Stones River. National Archives Record Group 109 (microfilm M836, Roll 3, Frame 409). 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and
I have given the order to attack the enemy in your front and I expect it to be obeyed. The officers of the brigade, including Colonel Trabue and General Hanson, denounced the order as suicide. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. Detailed to
December 1863. shortly after his return home by Union guerrillas William Ayres and Jesse Bell (Ayres was
Was awarded a
Buried in Confederate Circle, Mt. Elected 1st
Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier
January-April 1864, and at Meridian, MS, May-October 1864. For references to a wooden canteen he owned while in the 6th Kentucky
The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 56,000 acres in 25 states! [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. Bethany Baptist Church cemetery, McCormick, SC. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 15 December
"The Atlanta Campaign of 1864," Vol. Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to
Later 3rd Corporal. or 24 May 1862. From Greensburg. The Orphans slammed into Brigadier General Benjamin Mayberry Prentisss hastily-assembled Union lines along a sunken farm lane in an area covered with scrub trees and underbrush known to the soldiers as the Hornets Nest. As the fighting intensified, General Breckinridge, fearing the brigade was being prematurely withdrawn, led the Kentuckians himself. Montana Air National Guard Agr Vacancies,
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