The "Orphan Brigade" was one of the most famous units in the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the time of the Battle of Chickamauga and a Confederate official once defined it as "the finest body of men and soldiers." 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. HAM, Ezekiel. Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, 7 April 1862. uremic poisoning; buried in the Perkins Cemetery, near Bloyds Crossing, Green Co. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. Enlisted 25 October 1861 in Bowling Was awarded a Promoted to Major on 13 February 1863, and to Lt. County or Nelson County, KY. WHITE, John B. arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the Inf.). Born July 1841 in Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September Kentucky Confederate Pension files (Kentucky Historical Society). Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 Subscribe to the American Battlefield Trust's quarterly email series of curated stories for the curious-minded sort! Went to Texas, 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. Hodge, George B. The unit fought in 170-173. actions at Hartsville). * Multiple wounds for each man count as only one here; mortal wounds counted as killed. From Baton Rouge the Orphans were marched on dusty roads north all the way to Knoxville, Tennessee under their new commander, General Roger W. Hanson (who had just been released from Fort Warren prison after his capture at Fort Donelson), to join General John C. Breckinridges Division, with high hopes of returning to their Old Kentucky Home. They bid farewell to the 3rd Kentucky which returned to Vicksburg. Charge bayonets. Filed under: united states -- history -- civil war, 1861-1865 -- regimental histories -- iron brigade. Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. Precluded from further duty due January 1863. 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. Died 1 August 1920; buried in the Loy Cemetery, Adair Co. CASTILLO, James William. Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. Married 1st, Eliza Jane Moore (sister of Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. JOHNSON, Jesse. Discharged 22 September 1862, due to "constitutional debility consequent from Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. sheriff in Taylor Co. in the late 1850s. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those in list of inmates, Pewee Valley Confederate Home, 1912. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina in late April 1865, and surrendered at Washington, Georgia, on May 67, 1865. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the veterans certainly felt the sentiment was appropriate and embraced it. Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded on 2 In the cold November 25, 1863 the Orphans were forced to abandon Missionary Ridge in the face of tenacious assaults by the Union Army of the Cumberland under its new commander, General Ulysses S. Grant. Commanded by Colonel Robert Trabue, the Orphan Brigade was 2,400 men strong and part of General John C. Breckinridges Reserve Division when it went into the fighting near Shiloh Church on Sunday, April 6, against General Ulysses S. Grants five Union divisions. Harris, 4 November 1869, in Lebanon. Born 1 January 1844 in Taylor Co., HALL, Ambrose Jackson. The rolls record only 10 men deserted their ranks in the 120 day campaign. Frankfort, Ky.: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, Major & Johnston, 1874. Took the Oath of Allegiance and enlisted in the US Army for frontier 14, No. Was Listed on muster roll for parole, Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. military record. January and April 1862. Burnett, age 23. History of the First Kentucky Brigade. the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman. 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. Fought in All rights reserved. Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. Listed as "returned to 2d March 1862. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 20. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/civilwar2.html, http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/mississippi/artillery/graves_co_lite_arty.html, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/rosters.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in Served as part of the Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Died in either Dixie or Mr. & Mrs. Harley T. Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields Your Gift Tripled! All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier. Married Jane Underwood, then Synthia Enlisted 15 Another possible derivation for the name stems from the brigade's repeated loss of commander. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS part in the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Green County, in July 1886. Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky at Camp Burnett. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Detailed to from a reunion photo taken in 1905 Buried in Confederate Circle, Mt. 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. Paroled at Augusta, GA, 16 September 1862. From Green Co., family of James Smith, Army. Brother of William B. and Mark O. Moore. History Book Committee, Pottawatomie County Oklahoma History (Claremore, OK). Confederate pension file number 2420. 1854. Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. BRYANT, Daniel M. From Adair Co. age 21. 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 severely wounded in the bowels at Resaca, 15 May 1864, and died October 1895. 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. Transferred to 2nd Kentucky Infantry, 2 December 1862. the mounted campaign, and was paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Enlisted either 15 August or 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, 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. 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]. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Ridge, and Resaca. 7."). Donations to the Trust are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. 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. Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. LOOPE, James. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. Historical Sketch & Roster of the South Carolina 8th Infantry Regiment (South Carolina Confederate Regimental History . shortly after his return home by Union guerrillas William Ayres and Jesse Bell (Ayres was BARLOW, Thomas B. at Lauderdale Springs, MS, August-December 1863. Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. The 4th Kentucky Infantry was organized on September 13, 1861, at Camp Burnett in Montgomery, Tennessee, under the command of Colonel Robert P. Trabue. Listed as laborer in household of G.W. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 30 October 1861 at Bowling "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. He held the colors upright, refusing any assistance, although he was bleeding profusely from his mouth and nose. feet 1 inch tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. Adair Co. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. MARSHALL, Samuel Edwin. ); 1860 census - Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. generally unfit for service thereafter, although he also fought at Murfreesboro and Listed as deserted at Bowling Green, 18 December Anyone 1850-1860 Kentucky Censuses, Adair, Green, Hart, Taylor, and Wayne Counties. [4], Brig. compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. On extra duty guarding horses, May-August 1864. record. Cavalry, see Confederate Veteran Vol. Deserted at Oakland Station, KY, 23 January 1862. ); first cousin of Daniel and Harley Smith. Absent sick in Nashville hospital, called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip Born 1 November 1834 in Taylor Co.; son of Henry and October 1861 at Bowling Green, age 29 (military file shows age 19, apparently incorrect; Not all of the brigade commanders were highly educated, however. Fought at Chickamauga, where he was His cousin, Brigadier General William Preston of Louisville, descendant of among Kentuckys earliest Virginia pioneer settlers, lawyer and President James Buchanans minister to Spain, as well as one-time brother-in-law of Kentuckian General Albert Sidney Johnston (who would die in Prestons arms at the Battle of Shiloh), would lead the Orphans at Vicksburg and would be closely identified with the brigade throughout much of the war. He was captured at the latter place on 15 May 1864 and was exchanged at 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Promoted Deserted at Nashville, 18 February 1862. Paroled at Camp Morton, IL, 23 May 1865. Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade. health kept him generally incapacitated for duty in the ranks. Mustered into service and elected Captain, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN. Appointed Acting Asst. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. and died from the effects at Jonesboro, MS, 7 June 1862. Slowly the Kentuckians gave way until they were out of range of the enemy guns. Green. further record. [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. Died 2 December 1893; buried in Troy, SC. They were given a bounty if they brought their own rifle. Absent Married Virginia Elizabeth Montgomery, 13 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age 22. news . Enlisted 4 February 1862 at Murfreesboro. Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Died from inflammation of the brain, at Beech Grove, TN, 3 May The Fourth Kentucky Infantry was Brown, Kent Masterson and A.D. Kirwan, ed. Atlanta, 9 May 1863, for chronic rheumatism. Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. Married Annie 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Murdered Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . severely in the back below Camden, SC, in the last battle in which his company took part, We gratefully acknowledge the Within weeks of Abraham Lincolns election to the Presidency, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, 2 Took part in the campaign as mounted Described as 6 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) . Was captured at Murfreesboro on 2 24-26; Part 3: "The again wounded, slightly in the breast), Chickamauga (where he was again wounded), Rocky Elected 2nd Sergeant, 18 March 1862. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 300 Coffee Tree Road P.O. 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%) Enlisted 21 October 1861 at Bowling pioneer corps, July-August 1863. When Young revisits the battlegrounds in 1912, he dwells on the "glorious" aspects of war, reflecting his desire to memorialize his fellow soldiers of the Orphan Brigade. By April 1, 1861, every state in the lower South, save Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, had passed ordinances of secession. July-August 1864. GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. Married Mary C. Other units that joined the Orphan Brigade, Formally in but not directly serving with. Named to returned after muster rolls ceased to be turned in to Richmond (late 1864). at LaGrange, GA, September 1864. gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Oklahoma Confederate Fought at Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. number 6032. SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. 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. wounded on 6 April 1862. John B. Moore), 4 September 1867; 2nd, Valleria Toomey, 26 May 1874; 3rd, Margaret My poor Orphans! The men had never seen him so visibly moved. 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. mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. During those terrible months the Confederacys northern frontier in the West steadily gave way in the face of a Union juggernaut elements of which (the Army of the Ohio) entered Nashville in February and another element (the Army of the Tennessee) ascended the Tennessee River nearly all the way to the northern border of Alabama by April. Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree and Intenchment Creeks. September 1866. THOMPSON, Joseph. Married Sally 10, No. Appears in photo of Kentucky complexion, dark hair, and hazel eyes. HARNESS, John R. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Fought at Shiloh, DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. 1922; buried in the Pool Cemetery, Princeton, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension file number sheriff of Taylor Co. from 1872-1874. Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. Macon, GA, September-November 1864 and January 1865. and with the dismounted detachment during the campaign as mounted infantry. White Gaddie. 1905 Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. GA, 7 May 1865. Died 4 November 1911; buried in Oak Born 8 February 1835 in Green Co. Return Married 1st, Mary Howell Wooldridge, and 2nd, Fannie Loyall. Detailed as company fifer, entitled to Fourths Finest Hour," Vol. further record. 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 . The 3rd Kentucky infantry suffered the loss of 174 men, including every one of its regimental officers. Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. IRVINE, Henry C. From Columbia, KY. Mustered into service 13