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According to legend, after seeing the state of his former troops and learning of the loss of Hanson, the distraught general cried out, "My poor orphans!". age 19. grocer in the 1860 census. Captured at ); 1860 census - Born in Green Co. about 1839; first cousin of John and The American Battlefield Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. However, his name appears on no 4th Kentucky rosters or rolls, and it Fought with this company at Shiloh (where he was wounded). Died of disease at Bowling Green, 15 November 1861. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd, Confederate States of America. Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier. From Wayne Co.(?). Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. The war had moved into Kentucky with Generals Braxton Braggs and Edmund Kirby Smiths invasion of the Orphans native state in the summer and fall of 1862. The Orphans had beaten the enemy on April 6, but luck eluded them. compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden Enlisted 14 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 26. Fought at While about 1,512 Orphans were present for duty in May 1864 at Dalton, Georgia, only 513 reported present for duty on September 6. They ended the war fighting in South Carolina. (?). courtesy Jeff McQueary. In a moment, the frozen and desolate landscape exploded in the faces of the Orphans. Infantry, CSA, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm. age 24. Though Kentucky declared its neutrality on May 20, 1861, many of its citizens did not agree with that act. Married 1st, Mary Howell Wooldridge, and 2nd, Fannie Loyall. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. Absent sick at Newnan, GA, Detailed as company fifer, entitled to Hall, George Johnston, T.L. Fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. In some communities, Confederate soldiers w ho returned home would have been indicted by the Unionist government. 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. JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. Other units that joined the Orphan Brigade, Formally in but not directly serving with. August 1861 at Camp Boone. COFFEY, Andrew J. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, He is also the author of a prize-winning biography of Jackman's commander, John C. Breckinridge, and of The Orphan Brigade, a history of his command. Breckinridgewho vehemently disputed the order to charge with the army's commander, General Braxton Braggrode among the survivors, crying out repeatedly, "My poor Orphans! Chickamauga. Army. Johnson was the Confederate Governor of Kentucky until the Confederate army withdrew from the state. 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. 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. but did not fight in all of the engagements because he had never learned to ride (see Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. At Camp Boone, Colonel Roger Weightman Hansons 2nd Kentucky Infantry was organized along with Colonel Lloyd Tilghmans, and subsequently Colonel Benjamin M. Andersons, 3rd Kentucky Infantry as well as Captain Robert H. Cobbs Kentucky Battery, and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky Battery. JOHNSTON, George Edwards. 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. 1854. Died 21 July 1930 of Discharged for lameness due to disease, 10 September 1862. SKAGGS, John Henry. Moore's Grave Marker in the Died 18 [9], Up, my men, and charge! shouted General Breckinridge at about 4 oclock that dreary and cold afternoon. misfiled under Co. K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, but that he was actually in the 4th Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, DAFFRON, John M. From Wayne Co.; brother of Ambrose M. Daffron (see above without the permission of the owners. 1865. (also spelled Ghent, Gentt) From New Orleans, LA. line had already been abandoned by then). Army. The Majority of our funds go directly to Preservation and Education. BLAKEMAN, John T. Born 11 September 1838 in Green Co., family of Moses and Narcissa 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. Detailed to "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 21. August-December 1863; and at Montgomery, AL, February 1864. April 1862. standing second from the right may be Holman Smith of Co. D, 6th Ky. In September 1864, the regiments of foot soldiers in the brigade were reorganized as mounted infantry, continuing in that capacity for the rest of the war. 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. THOMPSON, Abram Hayter. Married Jane Underwood, then Synthia Son of Elhannon Winchester Daffron and Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone. Paroled at Washington, Those men would form the nucleus around which was organized the Orphan Brigade. Killed in action at Shiloh, SMITH, William Lloyd. 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. Died 20 July 1926 of 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. Murfreesboro. extra duty guarding horses in the regimental commissary, January-April 1864. History of the Orphan brigade : Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive History of the Orphan brigade by Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- Publication date 1898 Topics Confederate States of America. As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. [1] The term was not in widespread use during the war, but it became popular afterwards among the veterans. Society). pension file number 2148. After the legislative elections on August 5, 1861, Kentuckys legislature became heavily pro-Union. Listed as missing in action at Shiloh, 7 April 1862, possibly killed. Adair Co., son of Joseph and Mary Owens Burton. 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. of the face; buried in Vance Cemetery, near Eve, Green Co. Kentucky Confederate pension Buried in the Confederate Section Enlisted 18 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. 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. Enlisted 2 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, TN, age BOSTON, George. Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. 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. The only veteran identified in this photo other than those Enlisted 25 October 1861 at Bowling Green. Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, veterans taken at the 1905 Confederate reunion in Louisville. or 24 May 1862. Enlisted 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 See Took the ); first cousin of Daniel and Harley Smith. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. or 15 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Kentucky Confederate pension file number 1878. 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. Blakeman; brother of Daniel and first cousin of Milton Blakeman. Retired in Louisville and died there, Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). From Greensburg, brother of John B. Moore and Mark O. WOODRING, William W. From Greensburg. 88-89. AL, September-October 1863), Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from 1860 census. Was wounded From a reunion photo taken in at Camp Burnett. Fought at Dallas, Peachtree Creek, and Intrenchment Creek (Atlanta), where 2nd Lieutenant, 1 April 1863. Oath of Allegiance in prison, and dropped from the rolls, September 1863. Enlisted 20 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 28. the Confederate Roll of Honor by Company K, 2nd Kentucky, after Murfreesboro (for his Married 1st, Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home. Kentucky The age at enlistment was, Burnett, age 21. further record. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Enlisted either 12 Brigade Corps of Sharpshooters, 1864, This page was last updated on:April 23, 2005 senility and vesicular calculus; buried in the McLoud Cemetery. The origins of the nickname are uncertain, but the veterans certainly felt the sentiment was appropriate and embraced it. Company Daniel Blakeman. gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer And in love new born where the stricken weep. Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was also mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. Geoff Walden, "Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer 6 inches tall, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and gray eyes. The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. Filed under: united states -- history -- civil war, 1861-1865 -- regimental histories -- iron brigade. What shall I do with it? Put it in where the fight is the thickest, sir! was Hardees response.[4]. Murdered Moreover, as it turned out, they were forced to fight the entire war far from the borders of their beloved Commonwealth. Battle Flag of the Fourth Kentucky Louisville KY: Courier Journal Job Printing Company, 1918. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, They came from counties along the Tennessee borderLogan, Simpson and Allenand they came from counties along the Ohio RiverUnion, Henderson and Davies. late April 1865 (roll dated 28 April 1865). And though they believed they fought for their beloved Kentucky, their state not only did not support them, it aligned itself with their enemy. Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May 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. Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Inteenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, Colonel on 28 February 1863. 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. detachment in January 1865. Sick at Lauderdale Springs, MS, Join us July 13-16! 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. courtesy Jeff McQueary. Served in the McMinnville Guard, March-April 1863. Every purchase supports the mission. Kentucky eventually declared itself for the Union. Served as teamster, Enlisted 12 September business with Richard Cowherd, 1860 census. Johnston, who could truly size up the soldiers in both theatres of war, remarked once that the Orphan Brigade was the finest body of men and soldiers I ever saw in any army anywhere.[2]. In all, the Orphan Brigade lost 844 men out of the 2,400 who entered the battle at Shiloh. Died Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. Died near Chico, Wise Sketch of the First Kentucky Brigade. 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. 31 August 1864. Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address, February 22, 1862. GA; body removed to the Confederate Plot in the Frankfort Cemetery in the 1880s. Initially, the Orphans were helmed by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckenridge, who was wildly popular among the men, even after he was promoted and transferred. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett. Absent sick at Macon, GA, September 1864. Graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School in 1871, and practiced Some men had no arms at all. Merchant in 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. The boy is an orphan, raised to believe he is half-caste, and is "passing" for Indian. Absent sick at . Kentucky Confederate pension file numbers 3816 and 4507. collection of Miss Mary Frances Russell. 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. Absent in Bowling Green hospital, January 1862. Died 18 May 1922; buried in the City Cemetery in Fought at Chickamauga, where he was Fought at Shiloh, where he was wounded and captured, Sick in hospital at Ringgold, GA, January 1863. 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a fair complexion, light hair, and gray eyes. Homepage: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.htm, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Oklahoma Confederate courtesy Johnny Dodd, their gt-gt grandson, Harley Smith's grave 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. Hodge, George B. All photos except the following also 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights record. Killed in action at Chickamauga, 20 September 1863. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. The shattered remains of Major Thomas B. Monroe were buried by his men beneath a giant oak tree not far from Shiloh Church. Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. I feel like David of old when he was told of the death of Absolom, Lincoln remarked to Illinois Senator David Davis. Born 7 September 1846, from Floyd Co., GA. Enlisted at With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the Age 27 on roll of Absent sick at Dalton, GA, September-December 1862. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in Volunteer Infantry Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted Was captured at Murfreesboro on 2 The beastly winters fight at Fort Donelson, the capitulation of that bastion on the Cumberland River on February 16, 1862 where Colonel Roger W. Hanson and his 2nd Kentucky Infantry and Captain Rice E. Gravess Kentucky battery surrendered with General Buckner, and the heart-rending retreat out of Kentucky, through Nashville, Tennessee to Corinth, Mississippi of the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 9th Kentucky Infantry regiments and Byrnes and Cobbs batteries were bitter memories to those Orphans. (also called Nat Gaither) Born 9 March 1840, from FS Library Book 976.9 M2d. Died from inflammation of the brain, at Beech Grove, TN, 3 May Reported as deserted during the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 January 1863. To the right of the 4th Kentucky was the 41st Alabama. [8], One soldier described the day of January 2 as gloomy and cloudy. It was cold and peculiarly dreary, wrote another. 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 . Sick in hospital in Bowling Green, January 1862. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. For references to a wooden canteen he owned while in the 6th Kentucky Brother of William B. and Mark O. Moore. Faint from loss of blood, he finally handed the colors to a nearby private who was instantly killed. Burnett, age 21. Elephant," Vol. Sign up to receive the latest information on the American Battlefield Trust's efforts to blaze The Liberty Trail in South Carolina. Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. Burnett, age 27. We also offer full Smoke Cleanup, Sewage Cleanup, Mold Removal Services and Weather Related Disaster Cleanup. Appointed 4th Corporal, 15 December 1862. A. J. Born 2 September 1840 in Tazewell Co., VA; entered CS Born 1 January 1841 in Green Co. 1860 Green Co. census - 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. 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 . SMITH, Harley Thomas. Married Laura L. Baker, 1 June Fought at Resaca, where he was severely and assistant operations director for a distillery. My poor Orphans," noted brigade historian Ed Porter Thompson, who used the term in his 1868 history of the unit. Enlisted 28 September 1861 at Camp Burnett. Deserted at Nashville, 18 February 1862. Only a week before the Battle of Shiloh, every regiment except the 9th Kentucky was issued a supply of Enfield rifles imported from England (the 9th armed themselves with Enfields captured during the battle). Discharged for disability due to disease, 24 July 1862. Peachtree, Intenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro (where he was wounded on 1 Roster of Company F, 4th Kentucky Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to 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. age 20. 1863. Fought at Detailed to command the courier line by Gen. Lewis, January 1865. wounded on 6 April 1862. knowing the identification of any others in the photo is asked to e-mail the page author. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. With that act, the veterans of the Orphan Brigade quickly moved into the ranks of business, the professions, and state government. Notice: Function is_feed was called incorrectly.Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. 2 (Winter 1990), pp. 1863. generous permission of the owners in allowing us to show their images and other Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks. March 1862. Was All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura elected 3rd Lieutenant on 13 September 1861. Fought at Shiloh, where he was Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the war, including the Battle of Shiloh. 1850-1860 Kentucky Censuses, Adair, Green, Hart, Taylor, and Wayne Counties. at Camp Burnett. 6 April 1862. Olivet Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Murfreesboro. Has memorial grave marker in Confederate Cemetery, Beech Grove. from a reunion photo taken in 1905 . No Kentucky overwhelmingly sent a pro-Union delegation to Congress after the June 20, 1861 elections. Fought at Shiloh. The Orphan Brigade lost another commander at the Battle of Chickamauga, when Brig. Enlisted 18 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 31. That was followed by reunions in Lexington in 1883, Elizabethtown in 1884, Glasgow in 1885, Cynthiana in 1886, Bardstown in 1887, Frankfort in 1888, Louisville in 1889, Lawrenceburg in 1890, Owensboro in 1891, Paris in 1892, Versailles in 1893, Russellville in 1894, Bowling Green in 1895, and finally Nashville, Tennessee in 1896. Promoted to 1st Sergeant, 18 Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. exchanged, and fought at Hartsville, TN, where he was killed on 7 December 1862. G, Company B (info and Intrenchment, and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and the mounted campaign. 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. Operated a hotel in Greensburg in 1895. The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State. Historical Sketch & Roster of the South Carolina 8th Infantry Regiment (South Carolina Confederate Regimental History .