still fighting on 29 April 1865, when it received word it had been surrendered, and Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by 48-49; Part 4: Hughes, pp. Beloved General Benjamin Hardin Helm, back from his convalescence after the wound at Baton Rouge, commanded the brigade. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and Jonesboro. From the ice, cold and death at Murfreesboro, the Orphan Brigade marched to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and, from Tullahoma, it moved south to join General. Subscribe to the American Battlefield Trust's quarterly email series of curated stories for the curious-minded sort! LOOPE, James. Discharged for disability due to disease, 26 without the permission of the owners. Return military record. Paroled at Washington, Phebe Willock). (also spelled Ghent, Gentt) From New Orleans, LA. 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. Andrew Jackson "Jack" Russell THOMPSON, Alexander A. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 7 April 1862. WILLOCK, Hartwell T. From Taylor Co. (1850 census - age 11, son of David and Absent wounded at Montgomery, AL, May-August 1864, and 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. Appointed Acting Asst. 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. Confederate pension file number 2420. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. Merchant in Fought at Shiloh. Lieutenant, 15 December 1861. Appears in photo of Kentucky Confederate veterans taken at the Louisville reunion Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, 1861 at Camp Boone. Burnett, age 27. The twice wounded John W. Caldwell also became a circuit judge in his home county of Logan, and then was elected to Congress.[17]. 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]. reserved: Fourth Kentucky Battle Flag, Theodore Cowherd, A.J. 2 (Winter 1990), pp. Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, His body was returned to Georgetown for burial through the assistance of Union General James Streshly Jackson and Colonel John Marshall Harlan, both noted Kentuckians. arterio-sclerosis, 1 July 1930; buried in Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestview. See shortly after his return home by Union guerrillas William Ayres and Jesse Bell (Ayres was The Orphans represent the conquest of courage over timidity and sacrifice for the sake of a principle. Married 1st, Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Kentucky. 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - Rosters 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade - History 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Association 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Company E, CSA - Reenactors 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster A-L 1st Kentucky Brigade, Graves Battery, CSA - Roster M-Z Went to Texas in August 1868. (A C.S. 14 May 1864). Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Historian, Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" 1863. April 1862. The new legislature went so far as to make joining or supporting the Confederate Army a felony. 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. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other BOSTON, Jesse. Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS Took the Oath of Allegiance in Nashville, 20 May 1865. Moore's Grave Marker in the The Orphans soon came under the command of the magnetic Kentuckian, Brigadier General John Cabell Breckinridge. From Wayne Co.(?). 1905 659-666. at Camp Burnett, Tennessee, on 13 September 1861, as part of the First Kentucky Brigade, The hard-charging soldiers in Old Joe Lewiss 6th and 4th Kentucky infantry regiments along with the 41st Alabama infantry, the right wing of the brigade, drove General Thomass Union troops (including the 15th Kentucky infantry) nearly one-half mile to the Lafayette Road, capturing a section of Bridges Illinois Light Artillery, but the left wing, the 2nd and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments along with three companies of Alabamians, personally led by General Helm, became bogged down in a nightmarish slugfest at the enemy breastworks. file numbers 1877 and 2791. 1. Title History of the Orphan brigade. : Roster Co. H, 2 nd Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers Official Roster, Nebraska Troops M. New Hampshire . Returned to the company in April 1864, but was absent sick in Eatonton, GA, 4 (Summer 1991), pp. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 14 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Described as 5 feet Gen. Roger W. Hanson. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. 12, No. news . The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. Sick in hospital at Ringgold, GA, January 1863. Roster (complete name roster, by company, ftp site), Field and Staff With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. Transferred to 2nd Kentucky Infantry, 2 December 1862. Enlisted 7 September 1862 at Chattanooga. Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. Join us July 13-16! 7."). Brewer, farmer). 170-173. Vol. "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. Married Rebecca Buchanan, 10 August 1865. Listed as deserted at Bowling Green, 18 December Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. Certainly, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, their first commander, was one of Kentuckys most prominent soldiers, and his presence as the Orphans first commander was a source of much pride among the rank and file. DOBSON, Edward L. From Green Co. Enlisted 25 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 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. Promoted to 1st Sergeant, 18 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. 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. PEARCE, James A. Cemetery. 1841 in Mercer Co., KY; son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sharp Kelly. Cemetery, Nashville. 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. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. 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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. All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura Fought at August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 22. 1863. September 1862. Paroled 25 May 1865 at leading Baptist ministers in the area. Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in Ridge, and Resaca. claimed to be "over 18," a common practice in 1861. courtesy Jeff McQueary). Information from descendants and other family members. Brother of William B. and Mark O. Moore. 28. (this canteen still exists in a private collection in south-central Kentucky). Generals Buckner, Breckinridge, Preston and Helm were highly educated men. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, In doing so, they gave up everything. Lot 24. Davis, William C. The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldnt Go Home. Capt. Allowance should be made in some cases for those listed as deserted. business with Richard Cowherd, 1860 census. All photos except the following also 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights Died in Louisville of cardiac Appointed 2nd Corporal, then promoted to 1st Corporal, 1 April 1863. Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro and the mounted campaign. Many were disabled by wounds and exposure. RUSSELL, Andrew Jackson. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace 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. (Listed on rolls as Having detached the 3rd Kentucky and the two battalions from Alabama and Tennessee and now left to his own discretion, Trabue advanced his commandthe 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky infantry regiments and the 31st Alabama Infantry (with Morgans Kentucky squadron of cavalry abreast) supported by Cobbs and Byrnes batteries across the fields toward the Tennessee River. 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 . further record. of this information in other web pages must include this page in its entirety, including a REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, Listed as "returned to 2d White, 6 December 1860. During fighting on August 5, they lost more than 100 killed or wounded. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and further record. [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. Fought at Shiloh. Daniel Blakeman and Grave of Pvt. Was mortally wounded and captured during the latter battle, 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 20. Absent sick, February 1862. Co. after the war, where he served as County Clerk. Muster Rolls, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Infantry, National Archives Record Group 109 The men of this campaign were at each stage of their retreat going farther from their firesides. Was wounded at the latter place, 20 letter in the Barren County "Progress," June 1984. Fought at Madison Johnston and Sarah Edwards Johnston; brother of Charles H. Johnston. And in love new born where the stricken weep. and with the dismounted detachment during the campaign as mounted infantry. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Married 1st, Eliza Jane Moore (sister of called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip GILFOY, J. R. Enlisted 24 May 1862 at Corinth, MS. DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, COWHERD, Theodore. Promoted to 4th Sergeant, 15 Murfreesboro. Waggoner, Co. F, 4th Ky. Burnett, age 21. at the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 22 May 1907; buried in the Pewee Valley 24. Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. SAUNDERS, James D. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. 1845; family of Deserted from hospital at Married Mary B. Stockton, 3 June 1856. age 21. September 1864). Neilson Hubbard got his start as a singer/songwriter in the mid-'90s, releasing six solo albums. No the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. The victory that the very first blow [on April 6] promised, and that seemed, to all who lived till nightfall. Enlisted 18 Married Mary Ella Gray, 2 April 1868. Enlisted 10 September 1864 at 52-57; Part 2: "Company F Sees the Milton and As the Orphans poet, a Union Soldier, wrote: In the earth that spring where the heroes sleep. crippled (possibly from a wound). Described as 6 Appointed Commissary Sergeant, 11 October 1861, and promoted to 4th Sergeant, 1 August ANDERSON, Winston W. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 October 1861 in Bowling Green, BLAKEMAN, John T. Born 11 September 1838 in Green Co., family of Moses and Narcissa Fought at Dallas, Peachtree Creek, and Intrenchment Creek (Atlanta), where EDWARDS, Frank M. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 24. detachment in January 1865. Enlisted 1 August pioneer corps, July-August 1863. 24-26; Part 3: "The Born in West Point, Hardin Co, ca. Charged $55 on payroll of December 1863 for lost gun and bayonet. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 November 1862. Greensburg Cemetery. Chickamauga. Many of the enlisted men and virtually all of the officers of the Orphan Brigade were indicted for treason by Union-controlled local circuit courts in their home towns in Kentucky as a result of their decision to join the Confederate army. service, October 1864. Shown as Sergeant on roll of 2 September 1862, and 1st Sergeant on roll 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. List of Casualties, 4th Ky. Rgt. Fought at From Green Co., 23-year-old farmer in 1860 census. at Camp Burnett. Lived in Taylor Married Francis "Fanny" Adams in 1878, and moved Kelly marker, Ben B. Scott, D.L. Hall Confederate Civilian Documents. medal for Was a resident of the Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley in 1912. 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and wounded in the left hand, 15 May 1864. Confederate Cemetery. The ground it had gained on April 6 had been lost. Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. August 1861 at Camp Boone. field hand for J. Elkin in Allendale, age 21. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 22. (also spelled Pierce) From Hart Co. Was a member of the 2nd 1865 following friends who supplied information used in this roster; without their generous Had served a year in Wheats List of Inmates, Kentucky Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, 1912 (Kentucky Historical 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. 13, No. Barnesville, GA, 10 September 1864. Every purchase supports the mission. Settled in Green Co. Died 26 June 1916 of cancer Named to the Confederate Roll of Honor for (435) 586-2200 Ally1 has been offering disaster cleanup and restoration services for 20 years. Promoted to Major on 13 February 1863, and to Lt. Green Co. BLAKEMAN, Milton. With Kentucky occupied by Union troops early in the war, prominent officers in the brigade learned of the confiscation of their lands and personal property by local courts and the harassment of their wives and children by provost marshals, not to mention warrants outstanding for their arrest. Fought at Shiloh (where he was wounded, 6 April October 1868. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. Listed as a private in 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. After organization and muster, the regiment moved north into Kentucky and camped at Bowling Green, where it remained until early 1862. 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. GA, 7 May 1865. From that point onward, most of the Orphan Brigade carried the long three-band Model 1853 Enfield rifle. (date and place not stated). Enlisted 8 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 1904), by Cullen B. Aubery (page images at HathiTrust) 2. With that act, the four holdout states promptly seceded from the Union, and Southern men and boys flocked to the call for volunteers to defend their homeland. CHAMPION, Matthew. Davis, William C. Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. Creek (Atlanta), 22 July 1864, and sent to Camp Chase prison. Camp Burnett, age 18. Robert Paxton Trabues 4th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Camp Burnett), Colonel Joseph Horace Lewiss 6th Kentucky Infantry (organized mostly at Bowling Green and Cave City), Colonel Thomas H. Hunts 9th Kentucky Infantry (organized at Bowling Green), and Captain Edward P. Byrnes Battery (organized partly in Tennessee and partly in Mississippi). Volunteer Infantry, CSA. No text or photos may be reproduced But this didn't stop thousands of Kentuckians from crossing into Tennessee to enlist at Camps Boone and Burnett, nearClarksville. Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas. Guard, March-April 1863, where he was captured during a Federal cavalry raid, 21 April Barnett-Marshall Cemetery, Green Co. SMITH, William Ambrose. There were such bright hopes that morning. from a cdv in the author's collection. Absent sick in AL, September-October 1863), Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from From Taylor Co. (1860 census - farmer, age 40). Learn more. Fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, No The Orphans formed the left flank of General Breckinridges assault column. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Kentucky's declared neutrality prevented Confederate recruiting officers from mustering units within its borders. From Beards Store, Owen Co. He returned to his company in SC and fought in the Gen. Benjamin H. Helm, Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, was mortally wounded on September 20, 1863, and died the following day. [2], The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. SMITH, William Lloyd. The Orphan Brigade served throughout the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, then were converted to mounted infantry and opposed Sherman's March to the Sea. Absent sick at Newnan, GA, 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. Atlanta, 9 May 1863, for chronic rheumatism. The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home. For references to a wooden canteen he owned while in the 6th Kentucky Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. Returned to the 2nd Kentucky after that regiment was General Helm, in front of the 2nd Kentucky, was struck by a rifle ball in his right side and tumbled from his horse. Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 23. The 4th Kentucky held the left, the 6th Kentucky the center, and the 9th Kentucky on the right, with the Alabamians in reserve. The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the veterans certainly felt the sentiment was appropriate and embraced it. Promoted to 3rd Absent in hospital, March-August Elected 3rd Lieutenant / Bvt. 1863. The Orphans never stepped foot on their native soil. Died 14 September 1920 of paralysis; buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Section 3, SCOTT, Benjamin Bell. 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%) Fought at Shiloh, He was now the governor-in-exile. October 1861 at Nashville. Listed as a HATCHER, Luther T. 1860 Green Co. census - son of Josiah. 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. 1861. Barnesville, GA. URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/rosters.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address, February 22, 1862. Nichols McKinney. John Blakeman, first cousin of Milton Blakeman. The 6th Kentucky Infantry numbered only 74. JOHNSON, Jesse. Letter From J.P. Benjamin to Fleming B. Miller Regarding Prisoners Requesting Release. As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. Fought at Baton Rouge, Jackson, and Chickamauga. Married Sally Named to Their backgrounds are particularly remarkable when one recognizes that few Kentuckians then had any formal education at all. Shiloh, where he was severely wounded in the head on 6 April 1862. Monroe, C.S.A., Killed April 7, 1862. Such was the last resting place of the former mayor of Lexington, Kentucky and former Kentucky secretary of state. Co., 17 May 1877; buried in the Greensburg Cemetery. No text or photos may be reproduced In April, with 496 men, it was placed in D.R. Stay up-to-date on our FREE educational resources & professional development opportunities, all designed to support your work teaching American history. Any use Enlisted 23 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro (where he was wounded). Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Fought at Shiloh, Enlisted 28 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 Enlisted 15 Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade. It was reported that President Abraham Lincoln, when told of the death of General Helm, wept with grief.
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