Vol. Madison and Liticia Williams Smith (first cousin of Harley T., Samuel W., and William L. HALL, Ambrose Jackson. Enlisted 25 October 1861 at Bowling Green. Gen. Roger Hanson, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1862. Creek and Intrenchment Creek. Death Certificates (Kentucky Department of Human Resources, Bureau of Vital Statistics, COWHERD, Theodore. 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. George Johnston Participated in the mounted campaign of 1865 until sent into Kentucky on recruiting duty Burnett, age 21. wounded in the right leg calf at Resaca, 14 May 1864. Wounded at Shiloh, 6 April 1862, January 1862. Luchetta, Lynne McNamara, Jeff McQueary, Steve Menefee, Darlene Mercer, D. S. Neel, Jr., No further information. Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, TX. at LaGrange, GA, September 1864. The Orphans formed the left flank of General Breckinridges assault column. JOHNSTON, Charles Henry. Appointed 2nd Corporal, 13 September 1861. NELSON, James W. Born 5 February 1831, from Adair Co. Enlisted 17 August 1861 Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, 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. From Green Co. Enlisted 12 or 14 September 1861 at Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, men doubtless were enlisted in other units after prolonged absences, and others may have Enlisted 30 A shell exploded nearby. There was no alternative but to withdraw northwest to Port Hudson. Burnett, age 21. Smith, ca. From Green Co. (1860 census - age 17, bound boy to J.P. MARSHALL, Richard B. Daniel Blakeman and Grave of Pvt. Glasgow, KY, cemetery. 1865 (Iowa State Historical Society). Company F alternate spellings shown where known. Deserted at Corinth, MS, 1 May 1862. Fought at Murfreesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Was awarded a Fought at Chilton Co., AL, 23 April 1897. L. Smith (? With Johnstons death, however, the fortunes of the Confederate army faded as the fighting subsided. Fought at Shiloh. McKINNEY, Samuel D. From Adair Co.; son of James and Mary "Polly" All contents copyright 1996-2014, Geoff Walden, Laura 1 st Nebraska, Veteran Volunteers: Roster Co. B, 2 nd Brigade, 1 st Nebraska Mil. Absent sick at Newnan, GA, HOME The Orphan Brigade The Orphan Brigade Street Address City, State, Zip Phone Number Soundtrack To A Ghost Story Your Custom Text Here The Orphan Brigade TOUR DATES THE FILM STORE VIDEO PHOTOS CONTACT The Orphan Brigade - Banshee [OFFICIAL VIDEO] Watch on The Official Music Video for BANSHEE. (also spelled Whallen, Wheelin) Born in Ireland in The Orphans campaigned over more territory (8 states), suffered higher casualties, and lost more brigade commanders than any other comparable unit in the war. RUCKER, Daniel B. See "Kentuckian Recalled as Discharged for disability due to disease, 11 (or 24) July 1862. Daniel B. Rucker, ca. G, Company B (info and They were given a bounty if they brought their own rifle. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. 7 (January 1996), pp. The Orphans soon came under the command of the magnetic Kentuckian, Brigadier General John Cabell Breckinridge. 1865. age 36. Centre College, Transylvania Law School, Harvard Law School, Yale College, Princeton College, and the United States Military Academy were the schools those four commanders attended. and took part in the subsequent engagements of the mounted campaign. Lot 24. Compiled Service Records, Fourth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, National Archives Record in Oxford, MS, September-December 1862. Men would be wounded, return to the brigade only to be wounded again and again, or killed. 0 Comments Comments Married Mary Ann (Polly) Singleton, 17 May 1869 in Wayne Co. SMITH, Thomas Jefferson. Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Was "Through Storm and Sunshine": Valorous Vivandires in the Civil War, Preserving Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields. SAULSBURY, William C. From Maryland. (also called Nat Gaither) Born 9 March 1840, from enlistment, and the age based on census records or family data. 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. September 1862. to disablement from ill health. Bushnell of SC, 11 January 1866, and moved to GA and later SC, where he was one of the Dr. Benjamin B. Scott him as 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark hair, eyes, and complexion, occupation farmer. Absent sick at Kingston, GA, March-April 1864, badly HICKMAN, Edward W. From Davidson Co., TN. LATIMER, William Dizzard. Nuckols). 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. Paroled August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 19. to the edge of the world. DURHAM, Robert P. From Taylor Co. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, Probably buried in the Confederate lot, Frankfort Cemetery. Sick in hospital at Ringgold, GA, January 1863. 1850-1860 Kentucky Censuses, Adair, Green, Hart, Taylor, and Wayne Counties. Enlisted 15 August 1861 at Camp The Orphan Brigade lost another commander at the Battle of Chickamauga, when Brig. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. COX, Charles T. Born 13 November 1837; merchant in Allendale, Green Co., in Absent sick at Macon, MS, during the period July-December to History of Company F, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, CSA, URL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cof4ky.htm, Geoff Walden: enfield577 (at) live.com including the right of subsequent publication or presentation in any form. Fought in the campaign as mounted infantry. It was Friday, January 2, 1863. 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. link to the Orphan Brigade Homepage. Fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton gallant and meritorious conduct, Company F, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Died 30 March 1912; buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY. By the fall of 1864, the brigade numbered barely 700, many of them convalescents and new recruits. Died in Federal captivity. Listed on muster roll for parole, Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. The Orphans yelled as they ran on the double-quick toward their objective. William C. Davis The Orphan Brigade, page 159, for confusion with Col. Joseph All text and tables copyright 1998, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved, As the Orphans fought their way farther from Kentucky, they watched the Confederacys western front crumble. Promoted to 2nd family history says born in 1832). Dallas to Atlanta; and at Peachtree and Intenchment Creeks. REED, James D. (also spelled Read) From Green Co. (1860 census - age 20, Appears in photo taken at 1905 Louisville Confederate veterans reunion. Margaret Beeson Castillo (of Irish descent). Took the "Tobey" From Wayne Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at called Morgan; brother of John M. Daffron; cousin of Francis M. Daffron; son of Phillip Absent sick in Nashville hospital, - the Pine Mt. Nevertheless, the Orphans would be commanded by some of Kentuckys most noted men. 1912 14, No. sick, January-February 1864. but did not fight in all of the engagements because he had never learned to ride (see Young, Lot Dudley. 20-21; Part 5: Fought at Among the first to fall was General Roger Weightman Hanson, Old Flintlock, who was struck below the left knee by the burning iron fuse from a spherical case shot that exploded nearby. AL; entered CS service from Green Co., KY. Grandson of Gen. John Adair, Governor of KY, Fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. (possibly at Oxford, MS). Army. Fought in BARNETT, James. [4], Brig. courtesy Jeff McQueary. 1st Corporal, 13 September 1861, promoted to 1st Sergeant, 1 April 1863. age 33. 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. 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. Augustine and Elizabeth Marshall Smith (first cousin of Daniel L., Samuel W., and William Smith, Alex Thompson, Jack Russell, Harley No further information. Paroled at Washington, GA, 7 May 1865. Old Joe Lewis, commanding the brigade after the wounding of Hanson, tried to rally the men. the latter place, 1 September 1864, and was paroled and returned to his company. The unit fought in Died of pneumonia at Burnsville, MS, 10 April 1862. Murfreesboro, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; at Peachtree, NOTE: This listing is arranged by rank for asthma, 1 April 1914; buried in Ryder Cemetery, Lebanon, KY. Kentucky Confederate pension Absent sick at Bowling Green in January 1862. Fought at Discharged for disability due to disease, 26 Shauff. 'Dare-Devil Fighter' During Civil War," The Kentucky Explorer, Vol. DAFFRON, Francis (Frank) Marion. Transferred to 3rd Kentucky Infantry, 15 April 1862. Muster Roll for Parole, Co. F, 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Washington, GA, 7 May (8/17/1846 - 1/16/1918). On extra duty guarding horses, May-August 1864. The 4th Kentucky Infantry numbered 156. . SMITH, Daniel Lunksford. Information from descendants and other family members. Frankfort, Ky.: Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Office, Major & Johnston, 1874. Murdered (His father was an Irish soldier and his mother, we learn, a white camp follower.) Barnett-Marshall Cemetery, Green Co. SMITH, William Ambrose. The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into Confederate service Names Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834- [from old catalog] The American Battlefield Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. the Greensburg Guards, Kentucky State Guard, December 1860. Married Laura Deserted at Nashville, 18 February 1862. mounted infantry, sometimes in the ranks, and sometimes with the party of scouts. Enlisted 25 October 1861 in Bowling He was now the governor-in-exile. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Jackson, and Chickamauga. From Warren Co. Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 18. Allegiance and went to Pulaski Co., TN. Son of Elhannon Winchester Daffron and GILBERT, Ambrose G. Enlisted 1 August 1861 at Camp Boone, age 26. Appears in photo of Kentucky (435) 586-2200 Ally1 has been offering disaster cleanup and restoration services for 20 years. Fought at Chickamauga, where he was Has memorial grave marker in Confederate Cemetery, Beech Grove. gray eyes. Appointed 4th Corporal, 13 September 1861. Possibly captured and took the Oath of Allegiance. STUBBS, William Frank. 9 reviews Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade. These, our slain, lay in soldiers graves, scattered promiscuously, and with no mark even so much as to name them, and say to the future generations that such and such a one sleeps here. Company Regimental COFFEY, Andrew J. 2 (Winter 1991), pp. Camp Burnett. They came from counties along the Tennessee borderLogan, Simpson and Allenand they came from counties along the Ohio RiverUnion, Henderson and Davies. Army. He returned to his company in SC and fought in the with fair complexion, brown hair, gray eyes. 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. age 25. Colonel Robert Paxton Trabue, a native of Columbia, Kentucky and the grandson of Daniel Trabue, one of the earliest Virginia pioneers to enter Kentucky, was also a largely self-educated lawyer. Roster (complete name roster, by company, ftp site), Field and Staff Enlisted 1 September 1861 at Camp 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. From Green Co.; son of John A. W. Smith (? 1 st Kentucky Brigade, CSA, "Orphan Brigade" 2nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry 7 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry 7 th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) . 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. Atlanta; at Peachtree and Utoy Creeks; Jonesboro, and in the mounted campaign. 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]. 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. 1861, and to 1st Lieutenant on 20 February 1863. Died in Louisville of cardiac Colonel William Preston sent word to his cousin, Old Breck, of the fatal wounding of General Albert Sidney Johnston before mid-afternoon. Elected 3rd Sergeant, 1 May 1862, and promoted to Bvt. pension file number 2148. 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. Deserted at Murfreesboro, 3 November 1862. The cry of General Breckinridge, My poor Orphans! was not in vain. September 1863. Deserted 13 December 1862 or 2 January 1863. Fought at Baton Rouge, but ill Moreover, as it turned out, they were forced to fight the entire war far from the borders of their beloved Commonwealth. Join us July 13-16! 1861 at Camp Boone. Bridgewater, November 1865, and moved to Marion Co., where he was sheriff in the 1880s. NICHOLS, Joseph. 26 August 1861 at Camp Burnett, age 30. courtesy Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Assn. courtesy Jeff McQueary). Kentucky. Kentucky, but escaped capture at Ft. Donelson, and transferred to the 4th Kentucky in (roster from the Adjutant General's Report), Orphan Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868. Inf., Camp Boykins Mills, SC, 28 April 1865, 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 . Enlisted 12 September After the surrender of Fort Sumter the Lincoln Administration issued a call for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. 14, No. Discharged by general order, 9 April 1864, for being underage. Atlanta, 9 May 1863, for chronic rheumatism. age 19. Native of Ireland. frequently precluded from field duty by ill health. 1865 John Blakeman. 7983, 8788, 9095, 105, 113116, 120121, 124125, 133, 135, 137139. Age 27 on roll of The hoped-for reunion with Kentucky soil was not to be, however. Before then, they always return false. Discharge certificate describes Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. It is easy for men to bear great trials under circumstances of victory. Landing, 10 November 1862, and returned to his company. Obituaries in various Kentucky and other state newspapers. In the end, they were defeated in war, but not in heart. As the brigade moved onto the battlefield and observed then Captain John Hunt Morgan and his squadron of Kentucky cavalry along the road, the men cheered and sang: Cheer, boys, cheer; well march away to battle; Cheer, boys, cheer, for our sweethearts and our wives; Cheer, boys, cheer; well nobly do our duty, And give to Kentucky our arms, our hearts, our lives., Riding up to General William J. Hardee, Colonel Trabue, Old Trib as the men fondly called him, asked: General, I have a Kentucky brigade here. Green County, in July 1886. The 4th Kentucky lost over one-half of its number, including the noble Governor George W. Johnson who fell on the field after bullets struck him in the right thigh and abdomen. Took the Oath of Allegiance on 20 May Died 20 July 1926 of Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade. 1861-1865, Vol. Those men would form the nucleus around which was organized the Orphan Brigade. of Company F. ADAIR, John Alexander. May 1865. The entire 2nd Kentucky Infantry numbered only 69 officers and men in September. Mason, Miles (1887 Orphan Brigade reunion photo) Matthews, Robert Ballard (3 rd) Sergeant Lieutenant -enlisted as surgeon Buried in Grace from the effects at a hospital in Atlanta, 17 May 1864. See Frankfort; and other states as appropriate). Company A 1862), Murfreesboro (where he was again wounded, in the knee), Rocky Face Ridge, and CSA Units: 39: 1st Kentucky Brigade, CSA - The Orphan Brigade : 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 Absent sick, February 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. ); first cousin of Daniel and Harley Smith. Gen. Roger W. Hanson. Was August 1861 at Camp Boone. Married Mary J. Harper, 14 July 1867. Peachtree, Intenchment, and Utoy Creeks; and at Jonesboro (where he was wounded on 1 the boot and shoe business, becoming a leading local businessman.
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